IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Archin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1982SD063005
  • User Pedon ID: 82SD063005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 83P0026
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 51718
  • 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: 45.7427788
  • Std. Longitude: -103.9808350
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 21N
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 34
  • PLSS Details: 592 meters S and 433 meters W of NE corner
  • State: South Dakota
  • County: SD063—Harding
  • MLRA: 58D—Northern Rolling High Plains, Eastern Part

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W. F. Johnson K. Whipple R. Engles and D. Gronlund
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed Borollic Natrargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Archin
  • PSC - 20 to 51 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Archin
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Borollic Natrargid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1982
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: terrace—stream or lake
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.05 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1982 (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
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    argillic horizon

    gypsic horizon

    natric horizon

    20—51

    33—51

    51—122

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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

    —

    —

    955

    —

    0

    36

    —

    —

    7

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    395048

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    1A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dry; fine sandy loam; soft, very friable; 5.5 fine and medium roots; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P00113. many fine and medium roots; effervescence is continuous
    1E—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dry; fine sandy loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable; 5.5 fine and medium roots; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.0, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P00114. many fine and medium roots; effervescence is continuous
    1Bt—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, dry; sandy clay loam; strong coarse columnar, and moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 fine and medium roots in cracks; light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) coats on tops of soil columns and pressure faces on vertical faces of peds; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P00115. common fine and medium roots in cracks; effervescence is continuous; patchy - phpvsfiid 215653; patchy - phpvsfiid 215653
    1Bty—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, dry; sandy clay loam; moderate medium and coarse prismatic, and moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 fine and medium roots in cracks; pressure faces on vertical faces of peds; 11 percent gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P00116. common gypsum crystals concentrations; common fine and medium roots in cracks; effervescence is continuous; patchy - phpvsfiid 215654; patchy - phpvsfiid 215654
    1BCkz—51 to 74 centimeters (20.1 to 29.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior, dry; clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 fine roots; pressure faces; 11 percent fine gypsum crystals, unspecified and 30 percent fine and medium lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P00117. many fine and medium soft masses of lime concentrations; common fine gypsum crystals concentrations; common fine roots; effervescence is continuous; patchy - phpvsfiid 215655; patchy - phpvsfiid 215655
    1Ckz—74 to 122 centimeters (29.1 to 48.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior, dry; silty clay loam; massive; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent gypsum crystals, unspecified and 11 percent fine lime masses; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P00118. common fine soft masses of lime concentrations; few gypsum crystals concentrations; few fine roots; effervescence is continuous
    1C—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior, dry; loam; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 fine roots; 1 percent fine lime masses and 1 percent fine gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8, pH meter. Lab sample # 83P00119. few fine soft masses of lime concentrations; few fine gypsum crystals concentrations; very few fine roots; effervescence is continuous