IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Tonka
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 65ND073001
  • User Pedon ID: 65ND073001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: 65ND073001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NDSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 65ND073001
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70462
  • 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: 46.6286111
  • Std. Longitude: -97.6866667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 430 feet south and 2,640 feet west of the northeast corner of section 2, T. 136 N., R. 56 W.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND073—Ransom
  • MLRA: 55B—Central Black Glaciated Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND073—Ransom County, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: FS, RL, SW
  • 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 - Tonka
  • Classificaton Date - 8/17/1965
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: depression
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/17/1965 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - wetlands
  • 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

    SAGIT

    Sagittaria

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

    mollic epipedon

    albic horizon

    mottles with chroma 2 or less

    argillic horizon

    0—33

    33—69

    58—165

    69—109

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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

    1

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    508

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    6.7

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    Ap—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silt loam; weak platy parts to moderate fine granular structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1763; moist when described;
    A—10 to 33 centimeters (3.9 to 13.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular, and weak thin platy structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1764; moist when described;
    E1—33 to 58 centimeters (13.0 to 22.8 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), gray (10YR 6/1), dry; loam; 1 percent brown (10YR 4/3) fine distinct mottles; strong very thin platy structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 roots; 1 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1765; moist when described;. thin tounges of A material
    E2—58 to 69 centimeters (22.8 to 27.2 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), light gray (10YR 7/1), dry; loam; strong very thin platy structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 roots; fragments; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1766; moist when described;
    Bt1—69 to 79 centimeters (27.2 to 31.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; clay; moderate medium columnar parts to strong fine angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.0 roots; very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, coats on tops of soil columns and 95 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1767; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 90069; continuous - phpvsfiid 90069
    Bt2—79 to 109 centimeters (31.1 to 42.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to strong fine angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 5.0 roots; 95 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1768; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 90077; continuous - phpvsfiid 90077
    Bt3—109 to 135 centimeters (42.9 to 53.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; clay loam; brown (10YR 4/3) mottles; moderate coarse prismatic parts to strong fine angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 roots; very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, coats on vertical faces of peds and 30 percent faint clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1769; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 90082; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 90082
    BCK—135 to 165 centimeters (53.1 to 65.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; clay loam; brown (10YR 4/3) mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to strong medium granular structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 roots; clay films in root channels and/or pores and organic stains in root channels and/or pores; 1 percent carbonate concretions throughout; fragments. Lab sample # NDSU1770; moist when described;