IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Miranda
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 58ND101001
  • User Pedon ID: 58ND101001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0083
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32625
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location Description: 260 feet north and 100 feet east of southwest corner of Section 28, T.160N., R.89W.
  • State: North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Robert L. Howey
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Miranda
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1958
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: till plain
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments: 1.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1958 (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
    • 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

    1

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    579

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    135

    381

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    A2—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; weak platy parts to moderate very fine structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A0591
    B2—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; strong medium columnar parts to moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry, clay films on faces of peds and black (10YR 2/1), moist,; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A0592. continuous - phpvsfiid 90540; continuous - phpvsfiid 90540
    B2cs—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate angular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; clay films on faces of peds; gypsum threads; fragments. Lab sample # 40A0593. continuous - phpvsfiid 90542; continuous - phpvsfiid 90542
    B3cs—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; weak and moderate prismatic parts to weak angular blocky structure; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 21 percent fine gypsum crystal clusters; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A0594
    Cca—38 to 61 centimeters (15.0 to 24.0 inches); olive (5Y 5/3), light olive gray (5Y 6/2), dry; weak subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A0595
    Ccacs—61 to 84 centimeters (24.0 to 33.1 inches); olive (5Y 4/3), light olive gray (5Y 6/2), dry; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A0596
    Ccs—84 to 117 centimeters (33.1 to 46.1 inches); olive (5Y 4/3), olive gray (5Y 5/2), dry; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 21 percent gypsum crystal clusters; fragments. Lab sample # 40A0597
    C—117 to 152 centimeters (46.1 to 59.8 inches); olive (5Y 4/3), olive gray (5Y 5/2), dry; hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3 percent gypsum crystal clusters; fragments. Lab sample # 40A0598