IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Scorio

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S2016ND053001

User Pedon ID: S2016ND053001

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - KSSL

Lab Pedon # - 16N1846

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 85245

Print Date: 2/16/2025

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: 48.1040500

Std. Longitude: -103.6697900

Datum: WGS84

Township: 153N

Range: 101W

Section: 4

PLSS Details: E2 of Section

Location Description: NWCA16-7012 in McKenzie County, ND

State: North Dakota

County: ND053—McKenzie

MLRA: 54—Rolling Soft Shale Plain

MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-DIC—Dickinson, North Dakota

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND053—McKenzie County, North Dakota

PEDON

Describers Name: John Kempenich, Jeanne Heilig, & Raven Chavez

Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey over loamy, smectitic over mixed, superactive, frigid Vertic Fluvaquents

Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct

Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series

Pedon Purpose: research site

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Pedon #: 7012

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Erosion Class - 0

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Pedon Vegetation and Crop Cover Information:

Range Veg. Canopy Type Dominant - perennial grass

Range Veg. Canopy Type Secondary - perennial forbs or herbaceous

Hydric: yes

SITE

Parent Material: alluvium derived from sandstone and shale

Landscape: river valley

Landform: flood plain

Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread

Hill Slope Profile: toeslope

Slope Complexity: simple

Slope Shape Across: concave

Slope Shape Down: linear

Drainage Pattern: dendritic

Drainage Class: poorly

Flooding: occasional flooding for brief periods

Ponding: frequent ponding for long periods

Bedrock: moderately coherent sandstone and shale

Geology: Holocene River Sediment member of the Oahe formation.

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

Ecological Sites. (Click Ecological Site ID For Link to EDIT.)
Ecological Site ID	Ecological Site Name	Correlation Data	Classifier
R054XY041ND	Loamy Terrace	Jul 26 2016	Heilig, Jeanne

Other Vegetative Class: G054XY500ND - Overflow—Forage Suitability Groups

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 7/13/2016 (actual site observation date)

Data Collector: John Kempenich, Jeanne Heilig & Raven Chavez

Surface Water Kind: none observed

Hydrology Status: unaltered

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

Current Weather - partly cloudy

Current Air Temp - 24

Extra Moisture Source: water table

Kind of Land: rangeland

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
mollic epipedon salt accumulations strongly contrasting particle size class free carbonates	0—41 22—41 86—200 86—200	—41— —19— —114— —114—

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
1	—	—	563	—	300	394	—	128	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); black (2.5Y 2.5/1) broken face, very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) broken face, dry; silty clay; 5 percent sand; 55 percent silt; 40 percent clay; weak medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; slow permeability; common (3.0) very fine roots throughout and common (2.0) fine roots throughout and common (2.0) coarse roots throughout; common (3.0) very fine tubular and common (2.0) fine tubular and common (2.0) coarse tubular pores; 20 percent fine prominent irregular strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron on surfaces along root channels; fragments; 1.5 dS/m of Electrical Conductivity (EC); noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 16N08482; moist when described; observed in pit, small

A2—8 to 22 centimeters (3.1 to 8.7 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) broken face, dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) broken face, dry; silty clay; 5 percent sand; 57 percent silt; 38 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; moderately hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; slow permeability; common (2.0) very fine roots throughout and common (2.0) fine roots throughout and common (2.0) coarse roots throughout; common (2.0) very fine tubular and common (2.0) fine tubular and common (2.0) coarse tubular pores; 10 percent fine prominent irregular strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron on surfaces along root channels and 20 percent medium prominent irregular strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; 1.8 dS/m of Electrical Conductivity (EC); noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 16N08483; moist when described; observed in pit, small

ACz—22 to 41 centimeters (8.7 to 16.1 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) broken face, gray (2.5Y 5/1) broken face, dry; silty clay; 5 percent sand; 49 percent silt; 46 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; moderately hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; slow permeability; common (2.0) very fine roots throughout and common (2.0) fine roots throughout and common (2.0) coarse roots throughout; common (2.0) very fine tubular and common (2.0) fine tubular pores; 3 percent coarse prominent irregular strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 45 percent medium prominent irregular reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; 2 percent fine salt crystals throughout; fragments; 2.1 dS/m of Electrical Conductivity (EC); noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 16N08484; moist when described; observed in pit, small

C—41 to 86 centimeters (16.1 to 33.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) broken face, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) broken face, dry; silty clay; 5 percent sand; 49 percent silt; 46 percent clay; structureless massive; moderately hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; slow permeability; common (2.0) very fine roots throughout and common (2.0) fine roots throughout; common (2.0) very fine tubular pores; 30 percent medium prominent irregular dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; carbonate, finely disseminated throughout and 2 percent fine irregular gypsum crystal clusters throughout; fragments; 2.1 dS/m of Electrical Conductivity (EC); slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 16N08485; moist when described; observed in pit, small

2C2—86 to 130 centimeters (33.9 to 51.2 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) broken face, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face, dry; loam; 25 percent sand; 52 percent silt; 23 percent clay; structureless massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; common (1.0) very fine roots throughout; common (1.0) very fine tubular pores; 10 percent coarse prominent irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; 3 percent fine irregular gypsum crystal clusters throughout and 2 percent medium irregular weakly coherent cemented carbonate masses throughout; fragments; 2 dS/m of Electrical Conductivity (EC); slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 16N08486; wet, non-satiated when described; observed in pit, small

2C3—130 to 200 centimeters (51.2 to 78.7 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) broken face, light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) broken face, dry; very fine sandy loam; 55 percent sand; 28 percent silt; 17 percent clay; structureless massive; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately rapid permeability; fragments; 2 dS/m of Electrical Conductivity (EC); noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5, pH meter. Lab sample # 16N08487; wet, satiated when described; observed in auger, bucket