IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fargo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 64ND017005
  • User Pedon ID: 64ND017005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NDSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 64ND017005
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69941
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • 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: 47.1666976
  • Std. Longitude: -96.9250882
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 143 N
  • Range: 49 W
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: 1080' W, 240' N of SE 1/4
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND017—Cass
  • MLRA: 56—Red River Valley of the North
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND017—Cass County, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: FS, SW
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, frigid Typic Epiaquerts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Fargo
  • Classificaton Date - 12/28/2010
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fargo-Enloe
  • Classificaton Date - 11/5/1964
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: lacustrine deposits
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/5/1964 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID:
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Yield Study ID -
    • 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
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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine granular, and weak thin platy structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 20.0 roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1304
    Bw1—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate very fine angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 5.0 roots; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1305
    Bw2—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; clay; weak coarse prismatic structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 5.0 roots; fragments; very slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1306
    Bk—56 to 94 centimeters (22.0 to 37.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), gray (10YR 6/1), dry; silty clay; weak fine granular structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.0 roots; 1 percent fine faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments; violent effervescence; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1307
    Cg1—94 to 122 centimeters (37.0 to 48.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; silty clay; weak very fine platy parts to weak very fine angular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.0 roots; 20 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1308
    Cg2—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; silty clay; weak fine angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 roots; 20 percent medium prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # NDSU1305