IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mondamin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 58ND013001
  • User Pedon ID: 58ND013001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 58ND013001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0120
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32662
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024
  • 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: 48.5480556
  • Std. Longitude: -102.2347222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 660 feet north and 250 feet west of southeast corner of Section 36, T.159N., R.90W.
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND013—Burke
  • MLRA: 53B—Central Dark Brown Glaciated Plains
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Robert L. Howey
  • 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 - Mondamin
  • Classificaton Date - 7/30/1958
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Landscape: till plain
  • Microfeature: gilgai
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/30/1958 (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

    NAVI4

    PASM

    Nassella viridula

    Pascopyrum smithii

    green needlegrass

    western wheatgrass

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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—66

    5—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

    0

    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to strong very fine and fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 6.0 roots; fragments. Lab sample # 40A00867
    Bw1—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; silty clay; weak medium prismatic parts to weak subangular blocky parts to strong very fine and fine granular structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.9 roots; fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A00868
    Bw2—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; silty clay; weak medium prismatic parts to weak angular blocky parts to strong very fine and fine granular structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A00869
    Bw3—23 to 48 centimeters (9.1 to 18.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak angular blocky parts to granular structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 roots; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A00870
    Bk1—48 to 66 centimeters (18.9 to 26.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; clay; weak coarse prismatic, and angular blocky parts to granular structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A00871
    Bk2—66 to 97 centimeters (26.0 to 38.2 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; clay; moderate very fine and fine granular structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.1 roots; 1 percent carbonate nodules; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A00872
    C1—97 to 130 centimeters (38.2 to 51.2 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) and olive (5Y 4/3), gray (5Y 6/1) and light olive gray (5Y 6/2), dry; clay; moderate angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.1 roots; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A00873
    C2—130 to 155 centimeters (51.2 to 61.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2), gray (5Y 6/1), dry; clay; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) coarse prominent mottles; moderate angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.1 roots; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A00874