IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Williams
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 54ND105002
  • User Pedon ID: 54ND105002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 54ND105002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0135
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32677
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • 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: 48.3744444
  • Std. Longitude: -103.9075000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 540 feet north and 240 feet west of southeast corner Section 31, T.157N., R.102W.
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND105—Williams
  • MLRA: 53A—Northern Dark Brown Glaciated Plains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C.A. Mogen
  • 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
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Williams
  • Classificaton Date - 7/22/1954
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: till plain
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 3.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/22/1954 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous 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

    ARFR4

    BOGR2

    CAFI

    KOELE

    PASM

    PEAR6

    Artemisia frigida

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Carex filifolia

    Koeleria

    Pascopyrum smithii

    Pediomelum argophyllum

    prairie sagewort

    blue grama

    threadleaf sedge

    Junegrass

    western wheatgrass

    silverleaf Indian breadroot

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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    calcic horizon

    0—18

    8—25

    33—56

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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

    3

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    A1—0 to 4 centimeters (0.0 to 1.6 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A00974
    A2—4 to 8 centimeters (1.6 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and brown (10YR 4/3) crushed and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; weak medium angular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; hard, very friable; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A00975
    Bw1—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) crushed, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; moderate medium prismatic, and strong fine prismatic parts to strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable; 1 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A00976
    Bw2—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and brown (10YR 4/3) crushed, brown (10YR 5/3), dry; moderate medium prismatic, and strong fine prismatic parts to strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A00977
    Bk1—25 to 33 centimeters (9.8 to 13.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and light gray (2.5Y 7/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2), dry; moderate medium prismatic parts to weak fine angular blocky structure; hard, friable; grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry, coats and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, coats; 21 percent noncoherent cemented carbonate threads; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A00978
    Bk2—33 to 56 centimeters (13.0 to 22.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) and light gray (2.5Y 7/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2), dry; weak coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable; 21 percent noncoherent cemented carbonate threads; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A00979
    Bk3—56 to 89 centimeters (22.0 to 35.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and light gray (2.5Y 7/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2), dry; moderate fine angular blocky structure; hard, friable; 10 percent noncoherent cemented carbonate threads; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A00980
    C—89 to 152 centimeters (35.0 to 59.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; weak fine angular blocky structure; hard, friable; 1 percent noncoherent cemented carbonate threads; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 1 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A00981