IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lail
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S98SD103-002
  • User Pedon ID: S98SD103-002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S98SD103-002
  • User Site Association ID: S98SD103-002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - Lincoln
  • Lab Pedon # - 98P0401
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10671
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 43.9405556
  • Std. Longitude: -103.8900000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1 S.
  • Range: 2 E.
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4
  • Location Description: 250 feet south and 650 feet west of NE corner sec 29 T.1 S., R.2 E.
  • State: South Dakota
  • County: SD103—Pennington
  • MLRA: 62—Black Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: SD604—Custer and Pennington Counties, Black Hills Parts, South DakotaSD607—Custer and Pennington Counties Area, Black Hills Parts, South Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: KEC, WTS
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lail
  • PSC - 36 to 86 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/25/1998
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: very strongly coherent sandstone, calcareous at 165cm
  • Geology: Pahasapa Limestone formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/25/1998 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - conifers
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
  • Current Air Temp - 22
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ARUV

    IRIS

    JUCO6

    PIPO

    Arctostaphylos uva-ursi

    Iris

    Juniperus communis

    Pinus ponderosa

    kinnikinnick

    iris

    common juniper

    ponderosa pine

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, paralithic

    bedrock, lithic

    moderately coherent

    very strongly coherent

    122 - 165

    165 -

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—15

    15—102

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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

    5

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    2057

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    130

    559

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P2312H; observed in trench
    A—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; silt loam; 17 percent sand; 64 percent silt; 18 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 8.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 7.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine dendritic tubular and 1.0 fine dendritic tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P2313S; observed in trench
    E—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; 21 percent sand; 71 percent silt; 8 percent clay; moderate very fine platy, and moderate fine platy structure; moderately hard, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; Ksat of 1.3 um/s; moderate permeability; 7.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 6.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine dendritic tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P2314S; observed in trench
    Btss—15 to 36 centimeters (5.9 to 14.2 inches); 60 percent dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) and 40 percent red (2.5YR 4/6), 60 percent reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) and 40 percent red (2.5YR 5/6), dry; clay loam; 26 percent sand; 44 percent silt; 30 percent clay; strong coarse angular blocky, and strong medium angular blocky, and weak coarse prismatic structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 4.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; 6.0 very fine dendritic tubular pores; 5 percent prominent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry, organic stains on all faces of peds and 5 percent prominent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry, organic stains on surfaces along root channels and 25 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic) and 30 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P2315S; observed in trench. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 88958; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 88958
    Btkss1—36 to 61 centimeters (14.2 to 24.0 inches); 80 percent reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) and 20 percent dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), 80 percent reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4) and 20 percent reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), dry; clay; 18 percent sand; 32 percent silt; 50 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky, and weak coarse prismatic parts to strong coarse angular blocky structure; hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; Ksat of 0.04 um/s; slow permeability; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 4.0 very fine dendritic tubular pores; 3 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry, organic stains on surfaces along root channels and 25 percent prominent slickensides (pedogenic) and 30 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 8 percent coarse irregular carbonate masses with sharp boundaries on faces of peds and 4 percent medium irregular carbonate masses with sharp boundaries on faces of peds; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.7, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P2316S; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 88955; continuous - phpvsfiid 88955
    Btkss2—61 to 102 centimeters (24.0 to 40.2 inches); 80 percent reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) and 20 percent dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), 80 percent reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4) and 20 percent reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), dry; clay; 17 percent sand; 32 percent silt; 51 percent clay; strong coarse angular blocky, and strong medium angular blocky structure; hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine dendritic tubular pores; 3 percent prominent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry, organic stains on surfaces along root channels and 25 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic) and 30 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 6 percent coarse irregular carbonate masses with sharp boundaries on faces of peds and 4 percent medium irregular carbonate masses with sharp boundaries on faces of peds; fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P2317S; observed in trench
    2C—102 to 122 centimeters (40.2 to 48.0 inches); 75 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) and 25 percent light gray (5Y 7/2), 75 percent red (2.5YR 5/6) and 25 percent pale yellow (5Y 8/2), dry; stratified stratified sandy loam; 72 percent sand; 9 percent silt; 18 percent clay; massive; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine dendritic tubular pores; 4 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter sandstone, calcareous fragments; strong effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.9, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P2318S; observed in trench
    3Cr—122 to 165 centimeters (48.0 to 65.0 inches); gravelly bedrock; 2.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.9, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P2319S; observed in trench
    3R—165 centimeters (65.0 inches); bedrock; fragments; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, pH meter. Lab sample # 98P2320S; observed in trench