IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lawther
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 58ND089007
  • User Pedon ID: 58ND089007
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 58ND089007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0091
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32633
  • 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: 46.9488889
  • Std. Longitude: -102.0972222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 210 feet south and 215 feet west of northeast section corner of Section 13, T.140N., R.91W.
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND089—Stark
  • MLRA: 54—Rolling Soft Shale Plain

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Lloyd Shoesmith
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lawther
  • Classificaton Date - 7/7/1958
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plains
  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

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

    BOGR2

    PASM

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Pascopyrum smithii

    blue grama

    western wheatgrass

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

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—15

    15—61

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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

    2

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    225

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; moderate medium granular structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A00651; moist when described;
    Bt1—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); dark olive gray (5Y 3/2), olive gray (5Y 5/2), dry; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 roots; clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A00652; moist when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 90560; patchy - phpvsfiid 90560
    Bt2—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2), gray (5Y 5/1), dry; moderate medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 roots; clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A00653; moist when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 90561; patchy - phpvsfiid 90561
    Bw—33 to 61 centimeters (13.0 to 24.0 inches); olive (5Y 4/3), gray (5Y 5/1), dry; weak medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 roots; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A00654; moist when described;
    C—61 to 81 centimeters (24.0 to 31.9 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; weak medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 roots; 1 percent fine pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2) carbonate nodules; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A00655; moist when described;
    Cy1—81 to 114 centimeters (31.9 to 44.9 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2), olive gray (5Y 5/2), dry; weak medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 1 percent gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A00656; moist when described;
    Cy2—114 to 157 centimeters (44.9 to 61.8 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2), olive (5Y 5/3), dry; weak medium angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 10 percent calcite crystals; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A00657; moist when described;