IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fargo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 51ND009009
  • User Pedon ID: 51ND009009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0039
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32581
  • 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: 48.8180556
  • Std. Longitude: -100.7300000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 75 feet east of road and 1000 feet south of Highway 5, northwest quarter of northwest quarter of Section 36, T.162N., R.78W.
  • State: North Dakota
  • MLRA: 55A—Northern Black Glaciated Plains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C.A. Mogen
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fargo
  • Classificaton Date - 9/12/1951
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: glacial lake (relict)
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/12/1951 (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
    • 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 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; moderate medium granular structure; firm, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 40A00280
    Bw—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), dry; very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and black (10YR 2/1) mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate coarse granular structure; hard, firm, moderately plastic; fragments irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A00281
    Bk—33 to 53 centimeters (13.0 to 20.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; weak medium prismatic, and moderate coarse granular, and medium angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly plastic; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A00282
    2C1—53 to 79 centimeters (20.9 to 31.1 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4), dry; light gray (2.5Y 7/2) and pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2) mottles; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm, slightly plastic; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A00283
    2C2—79 to 152 centimeters (31.1 to 59.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, slightly plastic; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A00284