IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kirley
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2016SD117009
  • User Pedon ID: S2016SD117009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 17N0468
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 87715
  • 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: 44.7189630
  • Std. Longitude: -101.1372300
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 9N
  • Range: 25E
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: southwest corner
  • Map Unit: KeA—Kirley loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes
  • State: South Dakota
  • County: SD117—Stanley
  • MLRA: 63A—Northern Rolling Pierre Shale Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: SD117—Stanley County, South Dakota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44101-F2—Alleman Station, South Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: A. Oxford and M. Kuykendall
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Vertic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kirley (flagged as OSD)
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, mesic Vertic Argiustolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 14 to 64 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/9/2016
  • Classifier - M.Kuykendall
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey alluvium over loamy alluvium
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/24/2016 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: A. Oxford and M. Kuykendall
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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

    slickensides

    secondary carbonates

    gypsum accumulations

    0—53

    14—121

    53—97

    53—200

    97—186

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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

    1.5

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    546

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    122

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    Ap—0 to 14 centimeters (0.0 to 5.5 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, moist; loam; 30 percent sand; 25 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common (4.0) very fine roots throughout and common (1.0) medium roots throughout and common (3.0) fine roots throughout; many (5.0) very fine interstitial and common (1.0) fine interstitial pores; 2 reversible trans-horizon cracks per meter at a depth of 14 cm with a width of 3 cm that extend above the horizon; 2 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 6.8, pH indicator solutions; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 17N02451; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bt1—14 to 26 centimeters (5.5 to 10.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face, moist; clay loam; 30 percent sand; 31 percent clay; moderate thin platy parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; common (4.0) very fine roots throughout and common (1.0) medium roots throughout and common (2.0) fine roots throughout; many (5.0) very fine dendritic tubular and common (2.0) fine dendritic tubular pores; 2 reversible trans-horizon cracks per meter at a depth of 26 cm with a width of 3 cm that extend above and below the horizon; 10 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 6.8, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 17N02452; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bt2—26 to 53 centimeters (10.2 to 20.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) broken face, very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) broken face, moist; clay; 30 percent sand; 45 percent clay; strong coarse prismatic structure; extremely hard, very friable, very sticky, very plastic; common (3.0) very fine roots throughout and common (1.0) medium roots throughout and common (1.0) fine roots throughout; common (3.0) very fine dendritic tubular and common (1.0) fine dendritic tubular pores; 2 reversible trans-horizon cracks per meter at a depth of 53 cm with a width of 3 cm that extend above and below the horizon; 15 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds and 15 percent distinct pressure faces on bottom faces of peds; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 17N02453; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bkss—53 to 97 centimeters (20.9 to 38.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) broken face, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) broken face, moist; clay; 30 percent sand; 55 percent clay; strong coarse prismatic structure; extremely hard, very friable, very sticky, very plastic; common (2.0) very fine roots throughout and common (1.0) fine roots throughout; common (2.0) very fine dendritic tubular and common (1.0) fine dendritic tubular pores; 2 reversible trans-horizon cracks per meter at a depth of 97 cm with a width of 3 cm that extend below the horizon; 10 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds and 10 percent distinct pressure faces on bottom faces of peds and 20 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic) on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium prominent irregular extremely weakly coherent cemented carbonate masses with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent very fine carbonate, finely disseminated throughout; 2 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 17N02454; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Btky—97 to 121 centimeters (38.2 to 47.6 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) broken face, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) broken face, moist; clay; 30 percent sand; 50 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; common (2.0) very fine roots throughout and common (1.0) fine roots throughout; common (2.0) very fine dendritic tubular and common (1.0) fine dendritic tubular pores; 3 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 15 percent medium prominent threadlike extremely weakly coherent cemented gypsum masses with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent very fine carbonate, finely disseminated throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 17N02455; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    2BCk—121 to 143 centimeters (47.6 to 56.3 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) broken face, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) broken face, moist; loam; 40 percent sand; 23 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; common (1.0) very fine roots throughout and common (1.0) fine roots throughout; common (3.0) very fine dendritic tubular and common (1.0) fine dendritic tubular pores; 2 percent fine prominent irregular extremely weakly coherent cemented carbonate masses with clear boundaries in matrix and 3 percent very fine carbonate, finely disseminated throughout; 2 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH indicator solutions; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 17N02456; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    2Cky—143 to 186 centimeters (56.3 to 73.2 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) broken face, olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) broken face, moist; loam; 45 percent sand; 26 percent clay; structureless massive; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; common (1.0) very fine roots throughout; common (2.0) very fine dendritic tubular and common (1.0) fine dendritic tubular pores; 2 percent fine distinct irregular extremely weakly coherent cemented carbonate masses with clear boundaries in matrix and 2 percent fine distinct threadlike extremely weakly coherent cemented gypsum masses with clear boundaries in matrix surrounding redox concentrations and 1 percent very fine carbonate, finely disseminated throughout; 4 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-?-5 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, pH indicator solutions; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 17N02457; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    2Ck—186 to 200 centimeters (73.2 to 78.7 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) broken face, olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) broken face, moist; loam; 45 percent sand; 24 percent clay; structureless massive; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common (1.0) very fine roots throughout; common (2.0) very fine dendritic tubular and common (1.0) fine dendritic tubular pores; 1 percent fine distinct irregular extremely weakly coherent cemented carbonate masses with clear boundaries in matrix and 1 percent very fine carbonate, finely disseminated throughout; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, pH indicator solutions. Lab sample # 17N02458; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry