IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): NIOBELL
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 88ND053102
  • User Pedon ID: 88ND053102
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Print Date: 6/2/2024

    • 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: 47.9802778
  • Std. Longitude: -103.8980556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 975 Feet North and 10 Feet West of the SE corner of Sec. 13, T 152, R 96.
  • State: North Dakota
  • MLRA: 54—Rolling Soft Shale Plain

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Gary Medlyn
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - NIOBELL
  • PSC - 13 to 102 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/14/1988
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hillside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/14/1988 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 34
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • 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—43

    43—64

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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

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    180

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; moderate medium, and moderate very fine and fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 6.0 very fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence.
    E—13 to 43 centimeters (5.1 to 16.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; moderate medium and coarse, and weak thin platy structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary.
    B/E—43 to 64 centimeters (16.9 to 25.2 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; strong fine and medium, and moderate thin platy structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary.
    Bt1—64 to 94 centimeters (25.2 to 37.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; moderate medium prismatic, and strong medium structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine roots; clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 91184; continuous - phpvsfiid 91184
    Bt2—94 to 114 centimeters (37.0 to 44.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual smooth boundary.
    C—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; slight effervescence.