IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fargo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1953ND017004
  • User Pedon ID: 1953ND017004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 1953ND017004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0041
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32583
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • 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: 47.0200000
  • Std. Longitude: -97.0008333
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 141N
  • Range: 50W
  • Section: 22
  • Location Description: NW NE NW Section 22, T.141N., R.50W., 1/4 mile east and 260 feet south and 80 feet east of northwest corner.
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND017—Cass
  • MLRA: 56—Red River Valley of the North

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C.A. Mogen
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, frigid Typic Epiaquerts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Fargo
  • Classificaton Date - 8/7/2013
  • Classifier - kaa
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fargo
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, frigid Typic Epiaquerts
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/11/1953
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: lake plain
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/11/1953 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    AVSA

    Avena sativa

    common oat

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

    mollic epipedon

    0—38

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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

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay loam; strong fine granular structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 40A00291
    Bw1—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and strong very fine angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A00292. faces of aggregates glisten in moist soil
    Bw2—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); 95 percent very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) and 5 percent black (10YR 2/1), 95 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and 5 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and strong very fine angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A00293. faces of aggregates glisten in moist soil
    Bk1—56 to 81 centimeters (22.0 to 31.9 inches); 95 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and 5 percent black (10YR 2/1), 95 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and 5 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay; moderate fine angular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1 percent carbonate threads; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A00294
    Bk2—81 to 107 centimeters (31.9 to 42.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and very pale brown (10YR 8/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry; silty clay; moderate very fine angular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5 percent lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A00295
    Bk3—107 to 127 centimeters (42.1 to 50.0 inches); olive (5Y 5/3), light gray (5Y 7/2) and pale yellow (5Y 7/3), dry; silty clay; 1 percent very pale brown (10YR 8/2) fine distinct and 1 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) fine distinct and 1 percent very pale brown (10YR 8/2) fine distinct and 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; strong very fine angular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5 percent lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A00296
    C—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); olive (5Y 5/3), pale yellow (5Y 7/3), dry; silty clay; 21 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) fine prominent and 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; strong very fine angular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A00297