IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Flasher

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: 1977ND001010

User Pedon ID: 1977ND001010

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 78P0155

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 45164

Print Date: 6/3/2024

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: 45.9986111

Std. Longitude: -102.1669444

Datum: WGS84

Township: 129N

Range: 92W

Section: 15

PLSS Details: Northeast Quarter

Location Description: 2139' S and 829' W of NE corner of

State: North Dakota

County: ND001—Adams

MLRA: 54—Rolling Soft Shale Plain

MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-DIC—Dickinson, North Dakota

PEDON

Describers Name: F. Wilhelm and G. Muckel

Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, frigid, shallow Typic Ustipsamments

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: representative pedon for component

Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Flasher

PSC - 25 to 44 cm.

Classificaton Date - 2/1/1988

Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition

Moisture Class - ustic

Moisture Subclass - typic

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Flasher

Taxonomic Class - Mixed, frigid, shallow Typic Ustipsamments

Taxon Kind - series

PSC - 25 to 44 cm.

Classificaton Date - 9/1/1977

Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition

Moisture Class - ustic

Moisture SUBClass - typic

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: sandy residuum weathered from sandstone

Landscape: plains

Landform: hillslope

Slope Shape Down: convex

Drainage Class: somewhat excessively

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Bedrock: sandstone, unspecified at 43cm

Geology: Sentinel Butte formation of the Fort Union group.

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 9/1/1977 (actual site observation date)

Data Collector: F. Wilhelm and G. Muckel

Surface Water Kind: none observed

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Drained? - no

Bedded Soil? - no

Forest Plantation? - no

Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
Horizon	Top Depth	Bottom Depth	Sample ID	Data Collector	Total Clay	CaCO3 Clay	Total Silt	Fine Silt	Co. Silt	Total Sand	Total Sand Method	VC Sand	Co. Sand	Med. Sand	Fine Sand	VF Sand	VF Sand Method	Texture Class - Field Lab	Rubbed Fiber	Unrubbed Fiber	pH H2O
	cm	cm			%	%	%	%	%	%		%	%	%	%	%			%	%
A AC C1 C2 Cr1 Cr2	0 8 25 33 44 71	8 25 38 44 71 152	78P00814 78P00815 78P00816 78P00817 78P00818 78P00819	— — — — — —	5.6 5.3 7.5 6.7 3.8 3.1	— — — — — —	8.3 8.1 10.4 13 11.7 11.5	3.2 2.3 5 5.6 4.8 4.5	5.1 5.8 5.4 7.4 6.9 7	86.1 86.6 82.1 80.3 84.5 85.4	— — — — — —	0.8 0.7 1.2 0.9 0.1 0.1	1 0.6 1 1.1 1 0.1	2.3 1 2.3 2.4 3.5 0.6	57.2 52.3 56.3 54.2 58.4 59	24.8 32 21.3 21.7 21.5 25.6	— — — — — —	lfs lfs lfs lfs lfs lfs	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	7.8 8 8 8 8.4 8.5

Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
Horizon	Top Depth	Bottom Depth	Sample ID	pH CaCl2	pH NaF	pH Ox	Delta pH	LL	PL	PI	Atter. Samp. Cond.	COLE	Pot. Acidity	Ca + Mg - Meh 2	K	Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste	KCl Extract. Acidity	Base Sat. - Meh 2	CEC-7	CEC-8.2
	cm	cm						%	%	%		cm/cm	meq/100g	cmol(+)/kg	cmol(+)/kg	mmol(+)/l	cmol(+)/kg	%	cmol(+)/kg	cmol(+)/kg
A AC C1 C2 Cr1 Cr2	0 8 25 33 44 71	8 25 38 44 71 152	78P00814 78P00815 78P00816 78P00817 78P00818 78P00819	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	— — — — — —		— — — — — —	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	5.3 4.6 5.4 5 3.3 2.8	— — — — — —	100 100 100 100 100 100	7.4 6.3 7.9 6.6 4.6 4	— — — — — —

Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
Horizon	Top Depth	Bottom Depth	Sample ID	ECEC	Phosphate P	NO3-N	EC	EC Method	EC 1:5 by volume	CaCO3 Equiv.	Equiv. Gypsum	Na	SAR	Gypsum Req.	Humic Color	Fulvic Color	Humic + Fulvic Color	Al	PI	Pyro. Hue	PyrO. Value	Pyro. Chroma
	cm	cm		cmol(+)/kg	mg/kg	mg/kg	dS/m		dS/m	%	%	mmol(+)/l	%	L-pcu/g	L-pcu/g	L-pcu/g	%
A AC C1 C2 Cr1 Cr2	0 8 25 33 44 71	8 25 38 44 71 152	78P00814 78P00815 78P00816 78P00817 78P00818 78P00819	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.2	ec meter, saturated paste ec meter, saturated paste ec meter, saturated paste ec meter, saturated paste ec meter, saturated paste ec meter, saturated paste	— — — — — —	4 5 7 9 9 9	— — — — — —	0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	— — — — — —

Pedon Restrictions
Kind	Hardness	Restriction Depth L-H	Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
		cm
bedrock, paralithic	—	44 - 152	—

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon paralithic materials	0—25 44—152	—- —-

Pedon Horizon Bulk Density
Horizon	Depth to Top	Depth to Bottom	Method	Data Collector	Field Moist Volume	Field Moist Sample Wt.	Air Dry Sample Wt.	Field Moist Co. Fragment Wt.	Air Dry Fragment Wt.	Fragment Density	Coarse Fragment Volume	Air Dry Subsample Wt.	Oven Dry Subsample Wt.	Grav Soil Moist % Whole Soil	Grav Soil Moist % Fine Earth	Bulk Density FM Fine Soil	Bulk Density FM Whole Soill	Bulk Density OD fINE Earth	Bulk Density OD Fine Earth	Bulk Density Satiated
	cm				cm3	g				g/cm3	cm3	g		%		g/cm3
A AC C1 C2 Cr1 Cr2	0 8 25 33 44 71	8 25 33 44 71 152	not applicable not applicable not applicable not applicable not applicable not applicable	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	— — — — — —	1.41 1.49 1.57 1.45 1.65 1.62	— — — — — —

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
4	—	—	760	—	45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; fine sandy loam; 86 percent sand; 8 percent silt; 6 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; many very fine roots throughout; 2 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary.

AC—8 to 25 centimeters (3.1 to 9.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), dry; loamy fine sand; 87 percent sand; 8 percent silt; 5 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; many very fine roots throughout; many very fine tubular pores; 2 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.

C1—25 to 33 centimeters (9.8 to 13.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), dry; loamy fine sand; 82 percent sand; 10 percent silt; 8 percent clay; structureless massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; many fine roots; common fine tubular pores; ; 10 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary.

C2—33 to 44 centimeters (13.0 to 17.3 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; loamy fine sand; 80 percent sand; 13 percent silt; 7 percent clay; structureless massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; many very fine roots; many very fine tubular pores; ; 2 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary.

Cr1—44 to 71 centimeters (17.3 to 28.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; bedrock; 85 percent sand; 12 percent silt; 4 percent clay; few fine roots in cracks; few fine tubular pores; 2 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments; clear irregular boundary.

Cr2—71 to 152 centimeters (28.0 to 59.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; bedrock; 85 percent sand; 12 percent silt; 3 percent clay; few fine roots in cracks; few fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments.