IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Highmore
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S2014SD129004
User Pedon ID:
S2014SD129004A
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
KSSL
Lab Pedon # -
15N0415
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
79581
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:
45.3919873
Std. Longitude:
-100.0198854
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
122N
Range:
76W
Section:
9
PLSS Details:
SE1/4
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-D1—Akaska NE, South Dakota
PEDON
Describers Name:
Nathan Jones
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 -
9 to 47 cm.
Classificaton Date -
11/6/2014
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:
linear
Drainage Class:
well
Flooding:
none flooding
Ponding:
none ponding
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
yes
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
10/29/2014 (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—39
9—47
47—150
—39—
—38—
—103—
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
9
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340
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Ap—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches);, very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few (1.0) very fine roots throughout and few (1.0) fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 15N02132; observed in push tube
Ap—2 to 9 centimeters (0.8 to 3.5 inches);, very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few (1.0) very fine roots throughout and few (1.0) fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 15N02133; observed in push tube
Bt1—9 to 39 centimeters (3.5 to 15.4 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few (1.0) very fine roots throughout; 5 percent clay films; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 15N02134; observed in push tube
Bt2—39 to 47 centimeters (15.4 to 18.5 inches);, olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), moist; silty clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few (1.0) very fine roots throughout; 5 percent clay films; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 15N02135; observed in push tube
Btk—47 to 113 centimeters (18.5 to 44.5 inches);, olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), moist; silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few (1.0) very fine roots throughout; 3 percent clay films; 2 percent fine faint irregular weakly coherent cemented carbonate masses with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 15N02136; observed in push tube
Bk—113 to 150 centimeters (44.5 to 59.1 inches);, olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), moist; silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few (1.0) very fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 2 percent fine prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented gray (5Y 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; 2 percent fine prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented carbonate masses with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 15N02137; observed in push tube