IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Spottswood
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S93SD011-023
User Pedon ID:
S93SD011-023
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
94P0222
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
66406
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:
44.3133316
Std. Longitude:
-96.8841629
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
110 N
Range:
50 W
Section:
19
PLSS Details:
390 feet north and 950 feet east of the southwest corner
Location Description:
3.5 miles west of Brookings, SD.
State:
South Dakota
County:
SD011—Brookings
MLRA:
102A—Rolling Till Prairie
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
SD011—Brookings County, South Dakota
7.5 Minute USGS Quad:
44096-C8—Volga, South Dakota
PEDON
Describers Name:
W. Schaefer and D. Tufvesson
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, frigid Aquic Pachic Hapludolls
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Type:
OSD pedon
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
Converted from PDP 3.x
Pedon #:
23
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Spottswood
PSC -
25 to 100 cm.
Classificaton Date -
4/10/2006
Soil Taxonomic Edition -
eighth edition
Moisture Class -
udic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Spottswood
Classificaton Date -
9/9/1993
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
0
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Hill Slope Profile:
toeslope
Runoff:
low
Drainage Class:
somewhat poorly
Surface Fragments:
0.00 percent
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
9/9/1993 (actual site observation date)
Surface Cover Properties:
Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 -
grass/herbaceous cover
Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 -
hayland
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
0—43
43—56
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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
0
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486
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Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine and medium granular structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine pores; 10 percent fine worm casts; 2 percent by volume nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P01397
Bw1—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) and olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine pores; 10 percent fine worm casts; 1 percent by volume nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P01398
Bw2—43 to 56 centimeters (16.9 to 22.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), dry; sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine pores; 30 percent black (10YR 2/1) organic stains on faces of peds; 11 percent by volume nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P01399
BC—56 to 66 centimeters (22.0 to 26.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), dry; sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 fine pores; 10 percent black (10YR 2/1) organic stains on faces of peds; 3 percent fine yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) masses of oxidized iron; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); 13 percent by volume nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P01400
2C—66 to 203 centimeters (26.0 to 79.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; gravelly sand; single grain; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 10 percent carbonate coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks; 1 percent fine yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; 27 percent by volume nonflat 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 94P01401