IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Onita
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S2015SD009001
User Pedon ID:
S2015SD009001B
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
KSSL
Lab Pedon # -
16N0399
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
82579
Print Date:
11/11/2024
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:
42.8293000
Std. Longitude:
-98.0822000
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
93N
Range:
61W
Section:
32
PLSS Details:
SW 1/4
Map Unit:
HtA—Homme-Onita-Tetonka complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes
State:
South Dakota
County:
SD009—Bon Homme
MLRA:
55C—Southern Black Glaciated Plains
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
SD009—Bon Homme County, South Dakota
7.5 Minute USGS Quad:
42098-G1—Niobrara, South Dakota
PEDON
Describers Name:
N. Jones; A. Oxford
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine, smectitic, mesic Pachic Argiustolls
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Type:
classifies to current taxon name, full description
Pedon Purpose:
laboratory sampling site
Pedon Record Orgin:
NASIS
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Onita
Taxonomic Class -
Fine, smectitic, mesic Pachic Argiustolls
Taxon Kind -
series
Classificaton Date -
10/28/2015
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:
locally transported silty and clayey alluvium
Landscape:
upland
Landform:
plain
Geomorphic Component Hills:
interfluve
Hill Slope Profile:
toeslope
Slope Complexity:
simple
Slope Shape Across:
linear
Slope Shape Down:
linear
Drainage Class:
moderately well
Flooding:
none flooding
Ponding:
none ponding
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
RaCA Information:
Plot Baseline Length -
30
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
10/20/2015 (actual site observation date)
Data Collector:
N. Jones; J. Hemenway; S. Boltz; A. Oxford
Surface Cover Properties:
Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 -
grass/herbaceous cover
Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 -
rangeland, grassland
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
0—50
—50—
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
20
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180
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A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches);, black (10YR 2/1), moist; silt loam; 17 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; many (6.0) very fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 16N01659; observed in push tube
A1—5 to 9 centimeters (2.0 to 3.5 inches);, black (10YR 2/1), moist; silt loam; 17 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable; many (6.0) very fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 16N01660; observed in push tube
A2—9 to 50 centimeters (3.5 to 19.7 inches);, black (10YR 2/1), moist; silt loam; 22 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable; common (3.0) very fine roots throughout and few (1.0) fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 16N01661; observed in push tube