IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Niobell
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 88ND023065
  • User Pedon ID: 88ND023065
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0289
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61393
  • 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: 48.9969444
  • Std. Longitude: -103.1097222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 960 feet E and 530 feet N of the SW corner of Section 26, T.164N., R.96W.
  • State: North Dakota
  • MLRA: 53A—Northern Dark Brown Glaciated Plains

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Niobell
  • Classificaton Date - 11/14/1988
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: till plain
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/14/1988 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • 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 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P01610. 89P1610
    E/B—15 to 23 centimeters (5.9 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; weak medium platy parts to moderate fine platy structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P01611. 89P1611
    Bt1—23 to 43 centimeters (9.1 to 16.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong fine angular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 60 percent distinct clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P01612. 89P1612
    Bk—43 to 86 centimeters (16.9 to 33.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 25 percent fine irregular noncoherent cemented lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary.
    C—86 to 152 centimeters (33.9 to 59.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; 1 percent reddish yellow (5YR 6/8) fine prominent and 1 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) fine prominent mottles; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 10 percent medium irregular noncoherent cemented lime masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified.