IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Esmond
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 67ND003002
  • User Pedon ID: 67ND003002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NDSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 67ND003002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69744
  • 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: 46.9083115
  • Std. Longitude: -98.3112408
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 260 feet east and 500 feet north of the southwest corner of section 30, T. 140 N., R. 60 W.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND003—Barnes
  • MLRA: 55B—Central Black Glaciated Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND003—Barnes County, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D.M. Heil
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Esmond
  • Classificaton Date - 11/8/1967
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/8/1967 (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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    calcic horizon

    0—18

    18—56

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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

    14

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    270

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    A—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; loam; weak fine angular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 3.0 roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1756. Many pebbles in this horizon.
    ACk1—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 roots; dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, coats on faces of peds and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry, coats on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1757. Common pebbles in this horizon.
    ACk2—30 to 56 centimeters (11.8 to 22.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.5 roots; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1758. Common pebbles in this horizon.
    C1—56 to 86 centimeters (22.0 to 33.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 roots; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1759. Many pebbles in this horizon.
    C2—86 to 229 centimeters (33.9 to 90.2 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine prominent and 10 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # NDSU1762, NDSU1761, NDSU1760