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: 11/23/2024

    • 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