IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Straw

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S2019ND007002

User Pedon ID: S2019ND007002

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 20N0302

User Project ID: FY19RND3

Project Name: MLRA 58C - Upland Wooded Green Ash Draws 2019 - Phase III - Loamy Overflow

Print Date: 12/9/2025

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: 47.2549583

Std. Longitude: -103.5607306

Datum: WGS84

Township: 144N

Range: 102W

Section: 25

PLSS Details: SW4

Map Unit: 101F—Boxwell-Cabbart-Arikara complex, 9 to 50 percent slopesL2633F—Boxwell-Cabbart-Arikara complex, 9 to 70 percent slopes

Country: US—United States

State: North Dakota

County: ND007—Billings

MLRA: 58C—Northern Rolling High Plains, Northeastern Part

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

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND007—Billings County, North Dakota

PEDON

Describers Name: J. Kempenich, J. Heilig, & P. Rindfleisch

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Cumulic Haplustolls

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description

Pedon Purpose: ecological site data

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Pedon #: 2

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Straw

PSC - 25 to 100 cm.

Classificaton Date - 10/23/2019

Classifier - Heilig, Jeanne

Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition

Moisture Class - ustic

Moisture Subclass - typic

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Erosion Class - 0

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: fine-loamy slope alluvium derived from sandstone and siltstone

Landscape: badlands

Landform: drainageway

Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope

Hill Slope Profile: toeslope

Slope Complexity: simple

Slope Shape Across: concave

Slope Shape Down: linear

Drainage Pattern: dendritic

Runoff: medium

Drainage Class: moderately well

Flooding: frequent flooding for extremely brief periods

Ponding: none ponding

Bedrock: weakly coherent sandstone and siltstone

Geology: Sentinel Butte formation of the Fort Union group.

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
R058CY074ND	Loamy Overflow	Oct 23 2019	Heilig, Jeanne

Other Vegetative Class: G058CY500ND - Overflow—Forage Suitability Groups

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 10/22/2019 (actual site observation date)

Data Collector: J. Kempenich, J. Heilig, P. Rindfleisch

Surface Water Kind: none observed

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 - sunny

Current Air Temp - 10

Extra Moisture Source: flooding

Kind of Land: rangeland

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
mollic epipedon secondary carbonates redox concentrations redox depletions with chroma 2 or less free carbonates	0—76 76—165 76—200 76—200 165—200	—76— —89— —124— —124— —35—

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
6	—	—	768	—	270	404	—	107	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

A1—0 to 14 centimeters (0.0 to 5.5 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; silt loam; 25 percent sand; 54 percent silt; 21 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; many (5.0) very fine roots throughout and common (2.0) fine roots throughout and common (1.0) coarse roots throughout; common (2.0) very fine tubular and common (2.0) fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 20N01066; moist when described; observed in pit, small

A2—14 to 34 centimeters (5.5 to 13.4 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), black (10YR 2/1), moist; silt loam; 25 percent sand; 53 percent silt; 22 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; common (3.0) very fine roots throughout and common (1.0) fine roots throughout and common (1.0) coarse roots throughout; common (2.0) very fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 20N01067; moist when described; observed in pit, small

Bw—34 to 63 centimeters (13.4 to 24.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; 25 percent sand; 50 percent silt; 25 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderate permeability; common (3.0) very fine roots throughout and common (2.0) medium roots throughout and common (1.0) coarse roots throughout; common (4.0) very fine tubular pores; 70 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 20N01068; moist when described; observed in pit, small

Ab—63 to 76 centimeters (24.8 to 29.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; loam; 35 percent sand; 41 percent silt; 24 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderate permeability; common (3.0) very fine roots throughout; common (3.0) very fine tubular and common (1.0) fine tubular pores; 40 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 20N01069; moist when described; observed in pit, small

Bk1—76 to 118 centimeters (29.9 to 46.5 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; clay loam; 40 percent sand; 32 percent silt; 28 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; common (2.0) very fine roots throughout; common (4.0) very fine tubular pores; 50 percent distinct very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint irregular dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, iron depletions on surfaces along root channels and 3 percent fine distinct irregular brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron on surfaces along root channels; carbonate, finely disseminated throughout and 3 percent fine irregular weakly coherent cemented carbonate masses throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 20N01070; moist when described; observed in pit, small

Bk2—118 to 140 centimeters (46.5 to 55.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist; clay loam; 45 percent sand; 24 percent silt; 31 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; common (1.0) very fine roots throughout; common (2.0) very fine tubular pores; 20 percent distinct very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint irregular gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions throughout and 5 percent fine distinct irregular brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; carbonate, finely disseminated throughout and 10 percent fine threadlike weakly coherent cemented carbonate masses throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 20N01071; slightly moist when described; observed in auger, bucket

Bk3—140 to 165 centimeters (55.1 to 65.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; sandy clay loam; 50 percent sand; 18 percent silt; 32 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; common (1.0) very fine roots throughout; common (1.0) very fine tubular pores; 10 percent distinct very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint irregular gray (10YR 5/1), moist, iron depletions throughout and 8 percent fine distinct irregular brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; carbonate, finely disseminated throughout and 5 percent fine irregular weakly coherent cemented carbonate masses throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 20N01072; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket

C—165 to 200 centimeters (65.0 to 78.7 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), moist; clay loam; 45 percent sand; 18 percent silt; 37 percent clay; structureless massive; hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; moderately slow permeability; common (1.0) very fine tubular pores; 2 percent fine faint irregular dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, iron depletions throughout and 10 percent medium distinct irregular brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; carbonate, finely disseminated throughout and 10 percent fine threadlike weakly coherent cemented carbonate masses throughout and 5 percent medium irregular weakly coherent cemented carbonate masses throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 20N01073; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket