IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pierre
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987SD071002
  • User Pedon ID: 87SD071002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0523
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59818
  • 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: 43.9386101
  • Std. Longitude: -101.8508301
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 1S
  • Range: 19E
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: 760 feet N and 2840 feet W of the SE corner
  • Location Description: Jackson County, SD.
  • State: South Dakota
  • County: SD071—Jackson
  • MLRA: 63A—Northern Rolling Pierre Shale Plains

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. Nielsen
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Typic Torrerts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Pierre
  • PSC - 25 to 82 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Pierre
  • Taxonomic Class - Very-fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Typic Torrert
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1987
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: escarpment
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1987 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • 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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—15

    15—65

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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

    7

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    750

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    45

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    1A1—0 to 6 centimeters (0.0 to 2.4 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) crushed, moist; silty clay; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 fine and medium roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P02783. common fine and medium roots
    1A2—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) crushed, moist; clay; weak fine and medium blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 fine and medium roots; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P02784. common fine and medium roots
    1Bw—15 to 39 centimeters (5.9 to 15.4 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) crushed, moist; clay; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 15 percent nonintersecting slickensides on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P02785. few nonintersecting slickensides surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots
    1Bk—39 to 65 centimeters (15.4 to 25.6 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) crushed, moist; clay; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate medium and coarse blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 fine roots; 15 percent slickensides (pedogenic) on faces of peds; 1 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P02786. few fine carbonate concretions concentrations; few intersecting slickensides surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots
    1C—65 to 82 centimeters (25.6 to 32.3 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) crushed, moist; clay; massive; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 37 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds; 1 percent fine and medium carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P02787. 30 percent by volume soft shale fragments.; few fine and medium carbonate concretions concentrations; common manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features on faces of peds
    1Cr1—82 to 113 centimeters (32.3 to 44.5 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, moist; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P02788. Texture is medium and coarse soft shale. Common stains of yellowish brown (10YR 5/4). Common fine and medium accumulations of sulfate along fractures and seams.
    1Cr2—113 to 150 centimeters (44.5 to 59.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, moist; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 87P02789. Texture is coarse soft shale. Common stains of yellowish brown (10YR 5/4). Common fine and medium accumulations of sulfate along fractures and seams.