IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Minnewasta
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S88SD037-018
  • User Pedon ID: S88SD037-018
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0311
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61415
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 45.2986107
  • Std. Longitude: -97.2916641
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 121 N
  • Range: 54 W
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: 335 feet north and 1,845 feet west of the southeast corner
  • Location Description: Day County, SD.
  • State: South Dakota
  • County: SD037—Day
  • MLRA: 102A—Rolling Till Prairie
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: SD037—Day County, South Dakota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 45097-C3—Waubay, South Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Bachman, Kempton, Cooley, and Millar.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy over loamy, mixed, superactive, calcareous, frigid Aeric Endoaquents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 18
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Minnewasta
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/12/2018
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Minnewasta
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1988
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy alluvium over fine-loamy till
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1988 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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
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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; sandy loam; weak medium granular, and single grain; soft, very friable; 5.5 fine roots; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P01725. many fine roots
    C1—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; coarse sand; single grain; loose; 2.5 fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P01726. common fine roots
    C2—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; sand; single grain; loose; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P01727. few fine roots; few fine distinct 10YR56 mottles
    2Cg1—41 to 56 centimeters (16.1 to 22.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2), light gray (5Y 7/2), dry; clay loam; massive; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 10 percent medium prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P01728. few fine roots; common medium prominent 10YR66 mottles
    2Cg2—56 to 152 centimeters (22.0 to 59.8 inches); gray (5Y 5/1), light gray (5Y 7/2), dry; clay loam; massive; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 25 percent coarse prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume nonflat rounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 89P01729. many coarse prominent 10YR56 mottles