IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fargo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1965ND077001
  • User Pedon ID: 1965ND077001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NDSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 65ND077001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70862
  • Print Date: 5/30/2024

    • 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: 46.5124058
  • Std. Longitude: -96.7588217
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 135 N
  • Range: 48 W
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: 165 ' W, 715' S of NE 1/4
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: MN027—Clay
  • MLRA: 56—Red River Valley of the North
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND077—Richland County, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: FS, SW
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, frigid Typic Epiaquerts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Fargo
  • Classificaton Date - 12/28/2010
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fargo
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, frigid Typic Epiaquerts
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/20/1965
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: lacustrine deposits
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/20/1965 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
    • 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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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; silty clay; moderate very fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 20.0 fine roots; ; 5 percent fine faint olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent medium carbonate nodules; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1344
    Bw—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; clay; strong fine granular structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 20.0 fine roots; fragments; clear broken boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1345
    Bk—33 to 61 centimeters (13.0 to 24.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), gray (10YR 6/1), dry; clay; moderate fine granular structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 5.0 fine roots; ; 1 percent fine carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1346
    Bkss1—61 to 89 centimeters (24.0 to 35.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; clay; moderate fine granular structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 1.0 fine roots; slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent fine carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1347
    Bkss2—89 to 114 centimeters (35.0 to 44.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; clay; moderate fine granular structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 1.0 fine roots; slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; strong effervescence; gradual boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1348
    C—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; silty clay; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 20 percent medium distinct olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent medium carbonate nodules; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # NDSU1349