IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Nora
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S2015SD099001
User Pedon ID:
S2015SD099001A
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
KSSL
Lab Pedon # -
16N0418
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
82598
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:
43.6529300
Std. Longitude:
-96.4811000
Datum:
WGS84
Map Unit:
NcC—Nora-Crofton complex, 6 to 9 percent slopes
State:
South Dakota
County:
SD099—Minnehaha
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
SD099—Minnehaha County, South Dakota
PEDON
Describers Name:
N. Jones
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Udic Haplustolls
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 -
Nora
Taxonomic Class -
Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Udic Haplustolls
Taxon Kind -
series
PSC -
25 to 100 cm.
Classificaton Date -
12/9/2015
Classifier -
N. Jones
Soil Taxonomic Edition -
twelfth edition
Moisture Class -
ustic
Moisture SUBClass -
typic
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Parent Material:
fine-silty loess
Landscape:
upland
Landform:
low hill
Hill Slope Profile:
shoulder
Slope Complexity:
simple
Slope Shape Across:
linear
Slope Shape Down:
linear
Drainage Class:
somewhat poorly
Flooding:
none flooding
Ponding:
none ponding
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
RaCA Information:
Plot Baseline Length -
40
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
11/2/2015 (actual site observation date)
Data Collector:
N. Jones
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
cambic horizon
secondary carbonates
0—19
19—60
60—150
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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
4
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522
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359
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Ap—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; few (1.0) very fine roots throughout and few (1.0) fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 16N01743
Ap—5 to 19 centimeters (2.0 to 7.5 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; few (1.0) very fine roots throughout and few (1.0) fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 16N01744
Bt—19 to 60 centimeters (7.5 to 23.6 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; moderate coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, very friable; few (1.0) very fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 16N01745
Bk—60 to 150 centimeters (23.6 to 59.1 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3), moist; silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, very friable; few (1.0) fine roots throughout; 2 percent fine faint irregular weakly coherent cemented masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 4 percent fine prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented masses of reduced iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; 2 percent fine prominent threadlike weakly coherent cemented carbonate masses with diffuse boundaries in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 16N01746