IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fargo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1965ND077002
  • User Pedon ID: 1965ND077002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NDSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 65ND077002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 71217
  • 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: 46.5061111
  • Std. Longitude: -96.7652778
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 2,200 feet North and 1,940 feet West of SE corner of sec. 18, T. 135 N., R. 48 W.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND077—Richland
  • 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: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Fargo
  • Classificaton Date - 12/1/1975
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fargo
  • Taxonomic Class - Very-fine, montmorillonitic Aeric Epiaquerts
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • Classificaton Date - 10/21/1965
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plains
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/21/1965 (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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    0—66

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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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    270

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; silty clay; moderate very fine granular structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1350; moist when described;
    Bw—18 to 38 centimeters (7.1 to 15.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; clay; moderate fine granular, and strong very fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1351; moist when described;. Bw has tongues of A horizon material.
    Bk1—38 to 66 centimeters (15.0 to 26.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; silty clay; weak very fine and fine granular structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1352; moist when described;. Bk1 has common 1/2" wide channels of black A horizon material.
    Bk2—66 to 97 centimeters (26.0 to 38.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silty clay; moderate fine granular structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, organic stains on vertical faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1353; moist when described;. Bk2 has a few vertical streaks of A material.
    Bk3—97 to 122 centimeters (38.2 to 48.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; silty clay; 10 percent brown (10YR 4/3) fine distinct mottles; moderate very fine angular blocky, and moderate fine granular structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.1 very fine roots throughout; 1 percent medium irregular weakly coherent cemented carbonate concretions throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1354; moist when described;
    BCk—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2) and white (N 8/0), dry; silty clay; 25 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) medium distinct mottles; massive; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 0.1 very fine roots throughout; 1 percent medium irregular lime masses throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # NDSU1355; moist when described;