IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Highmore
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S2014SD129002
User Pedon ID:
S2014SD129002B
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
KSSL
Lab Pedon # -
15N0406
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
79572
Print Date:
10/31/2024
LOCATION
Location In Web Soil Survey
AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
Location in SoilWeb
Location in Google Maps
Std. Latitude:
45.5434066
Std. Longitude:
-100.0563922
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
124N
Range:
76W
Section:
20
PLSS Details:
SW 1/4
Map Unit:
C720B—Highmore silt loam, cool, 2 to 6 percent slopes
State:
South Dakota
County:
SD129—Walworth
MLRA:
53B—Central Dark Brown Glaciated Plains
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
SD129—Walworth County, South Dakota
7.5 Minute USGS Quad:
45100-E1—Selby, South Dakota
PEDON
Describers Name:
A. Oxford
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, frigid Typic Argiustolls
Current Taxon Kind:
taxadjunct
Pedon Type:
taxadjunct to the series
Pedon Purpose:
laboratory sampling site
Pedon Record Orgin:
NASIS
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Highmore
Taxonomic Class -
Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, frigid Typic Argiustolls
Taxon Kind -
taxadjunct
PSC -
15 to 21 cm.
Classificaton Date -
11/5/2014
Classifier -
A. Oxford
Soil Taxonomic Edition -
twelfth edition
Moisture Class -
ustic
Moisture SUBClass -
typic
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Parent Material:
glacial silty drift
Landscape:
upland
Landform:
till plain
Geomorphic Component Hills:
side slope
Hill Slope Profile:
backslope
Slope Complexity:
simple
Slope Shape Across:
linear
Slope Shape Down:
concave
Drainage Class:
well
Flooding:
none flooding
Ponding:
none ponding
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
yes
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
10/28/2014 (actual site observation date)
Surface Cover Properties:
Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 -
crop cover
Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 -
close-grown crop
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Drained? -
no
Bedded Soil? -
no
Forest Plantation? -
no
Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind
Feature Depth L-H
Feature Thickness L-RV-H
cm
mollic epipedon
argillic horizon
secondary carbonates
0—21
15—21
21—68
—21—
—6—
—47—
Setting and Climate
Slope
Slope Length USLE
Upslope Length
Elev.
Corr. Elev
Aspect
MAP
REAP
FFD
MAAT
MSAT
MWAT
MAST
MSST
MWST
MFFP
PE Index
Climate Station ID
Climate Station Name
Climate Station Type
%
m
degrees
mm
mm
C
mm
2
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270
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Ap1—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common (2.0) very fine roots throughout and few (1.0) medium roots throughout and few (1.0) fine roots throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 15N02083
Ap1—2 to 6 centimeters (0.8 to 2.4 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common (2.0) very fine roots throughout and few (1.0) medium roots throughout and few (1.0) fine roots throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 15N02084
Ap2—6 to 15 centimeters (2.4 to 5.9 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; weak thick platy structure; moderately hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few (1.0) very fine roots throughout and few (1.0) fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 15N02085
Bt—15 to 21 centimeters (5.9 to 8.3 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few (1.0) very fine roots throughout and few (1.0) fine roots throughout; 6 percent clay films; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 15N02086
Bk1—21 to 43 centimeters (8.3 to 16.9 inches);, olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few (1.0) very fine roots throughout and few (1.0) fine roots throughout; 10 percent medium prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented carbonate masses with clear boundaries in matrix; 1 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 15N02087
Bk2—43 to 68 centimeters (16.9 to 26.8 inches);, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few (1.0) very fine roots throughout and few (1.0) medium roots throughout and few (1.0) fine roots throughout and few (1.0) coarse roots throughout; 5 percent fine prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented carbonate masses with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 15N02088