IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Castlewood
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987SD039025
  • User Pedon ID: 87SD039025
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0325
  • 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: 44.5643200
  • Std. Longitude: -96.8479100
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 113N
  • Range: 50W
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: 2150 feet north and 750 feet west of the SE corner
  • Map Unit: Ca—Castlewood silty clayZ151A—Castlewood silty clay, 0 to 1 percent slopes, occasionally flooded
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: South Dakota
  • County: SD039—Deuel
  • MLRA: 102A—Rolling Till Prairie
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-RED—Redfield, South Dakota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: SD039—Deuel County, South Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Bruce Kunze and Kenneth Miller
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, frigid Cumulic Haplaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 25
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Castlewood
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Castlewood
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, frigid Cumulic Haplaquoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1987
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: occasional flooding for long periods
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1987 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), black (10YR 2/1), dry; silty clay; moderate fine and medium granular structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P01680. Ap sampled 0 to 9 inches.
    A—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1), black (5Y 2/1), dry; silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine and medium granular structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P01681. Bw1 sampled 9 to 15 inches.
    BW1—33 to 64 centimeters (13.0 to 25.2 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1), black (5Y 2/1), dry; clay; moderate medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P01682. Bw2 sampled 15 to 19 inches. Bw3 sampled 19 to 26 inches.
    BW2—64 to 86 centimeters (25.2 to 33.9 inches); black (5Y 2/1), dark gray (5Y 4/1), dry; clay; moderate medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P01684. Bk1 sampled 26 to 35 inches.
    BW3—86 to 117 centimeters (33.9 to 46.1 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1), gray (5Y 5/1), dry; clay; 3 percent brown (7.5YR 4/2) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P01685. Bk2 sampled 35 to 38 inches.
    BW4—117 to 140 centimeters (46.1 to 55.1 inches); dark olive gray (5Y 3/2), olive gray (5Y 5/2), dry; clay loam; 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine and medium prominent mottles; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary.
    Cg—140 to 152 centimeters (55.1 to 59.8 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2), light olive gray (5Y 6/2), dry; silty clay loam; 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine and medium prominent mottles; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified. Lab sample # 88P01686. C sampled 38 to 60 inches.