IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Velva
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 58ND089003
  • User Pedon ID: 58ND089003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0116
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32658
  • 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: 46.9250000
  • Std. Longitude: -102.6511111
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 50 feet north of river bank; 30 rods east and 30 rods south of center of Section 22, T.140N., R.95W.
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND089—Stark
  • MLRA: 54—Rolling Soft Shale Plain

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: K.E. Larson
  • 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 - Velva
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/1958
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plains
  • Landform: terrace
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/16/1958 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    cambic horizon

    0—61

    30—69

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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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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loam; moderate medium granular, and moderate fine angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A00837
    Bw1—8 to 30 centimeters (3.1 to 11.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loam; moderate fine and medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; very dark brown (10YR 2/2) clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A00838
    Bw2—30 to 61 centimeters (11.8 to 24.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), olive (5Y 5/3), dry; loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A00839. patchy - phpvsfiid 90563; patchy - phpvsfiid 90563
    Bw3—61 to 69 centimeters (24.0 to 27.2 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), pale olive (5Y 6/3), dry; sandy loam; weak medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A00840
    Bk1—69 to 94 centimeters (27.2 to 37.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; 1 percent fine noncoherent cemented carbonate threads; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A00841
    Bk2—94 to 124 centimeters (37.0 to 48.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 roots; 25 percent fine noncoherent cemented carbonate threads; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A00842
    C1—124 to 130 centimeters (48.8 to 51.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.1 roots; 1 percent noncoherent cemented carbonate threads; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A00843
    C2—130 to 152 centimeters (51.2 to 59.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), pale olive (5Y 6/3), dry; loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 roots; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A00844