IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Manfred
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 74ND057002
  • User Pedon ID: 74ND057002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NDSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 74ND057002
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69384
  • Print Date: 6/1/2024

    • 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: 47.2416326
  • Std. Longitude: -101.4374670
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 2585 feet west and 80 feet north of the southwest corner sec. 34, T.144N. - R.85W.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND057—Mercer
  • MLRA: 54—Rolling Soft Shale Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND057—Mercer County, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: FS, SRB, WCL, PKW, FJW, KJD, HWO
  • Current Taxon Kind: family
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Manfred
  • Classificaton Date - 8/13/1974
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: glacial drainage channel
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/13/1974 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    natric horizon

    0—97

    5—30

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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

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    E—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silt loam; moderate fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine to medium roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 10 percent fine salt masses throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0567; moist when described;
    Btn1—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay; moderate medium columnar parts to strong medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots between peds and 0.1 medium roots between peds; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 60 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent fine salt masses throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0568; moist when described;
    Btn2—13 to 30 centimeters (5.1 to 11.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), dry; silty clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, very sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine and fine roots between peds and 0.1 medium roots between peds; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent faint clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent fine salt masses throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0569; moist when described;
    Bz1—30 to 69 centimeters (11.8 to 27.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), dry; silty clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, very sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 very fine and fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular and 0.1 medium tubular pores; 1 percent fine salt masses throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0570; moist when described;. Thin buried layer less than 2 inches thickin Bz1, Bz2 and Bzb horizons.
    Bz2—69 to 97 centimeters (27.2 to 38.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), dry; silty clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, friable, very sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 very fine and fine roots throughout; very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 25 percent fine salt masses throughout and 25 percent fine irregular lime masses throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0571; moist when described;
    BCz—97 to 122 centimeters (38.2 to 48.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 25 percent fine salt masses throughout and 25 percent fine irregular lime masses throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU0572; moist when described;
    Bzb—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 10 percent fine salt masses throughout and 10 percent fine irregular lime masses throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # NDSU0573; moist when described;