IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Zahl
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 89ND023073
  • User Pedon ID: 89ND023073
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0540
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61642
  • 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: 48.8538889
  • Std. Longitude: -104.0419444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1800 feet W and 950 feet N of the SE corner of Section 15, T.162N., R.103W.
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND023—Divide
  • MLRA: 53A—Northern Dark Brown Glaciated Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND023—Divide County, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Zahl
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/1989
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: till plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/4/1989 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 21
  • 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

    calcic horizon

    0—13

    13—46

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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

    11

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    90

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P03036; moist when described;
    Bk1—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), gray (10YR 6/1) and yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) fine prominent and 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) fine prominent and 5 percent gray (10YR 5/1) medium faint and 5 percent gray (10YR 6/1) medium faint mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 very fine roots and 0.1 fine roots; 1 percent medium irregular noncoherent cemented lime masses; 1 percent by volume mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described;
    Bk2—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); olive (5Y 4/3), gray (10YR 6/1) and red (2.5YR 4/8) and olive (5Y 5/3), dry; 1 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) fine prominent and 1 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) fine prominent and 5 percent gray (10YR 5/1) coarse faint and 5 percent gray (10YR 6/1) coarse faint mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 very fine roots and 0.1 fine roots; distinct clay films; 25 percent coarse spherical noncoherent cemented lime masses; 3 percent by volume mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described;
    C1—46 to 117 centimeters (18.1 to 46.1 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2), gray (10YR 5/1) and red (2.5YR 5/8) and olive (5Y 5/3) and reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), dry; 1 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) fine prominent and 1 percent red (2.5YR 5/8) fine prominent and 5 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine distinct and 5 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) fine distinct and 5 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) coarse faint and 5 percent gray (10YR 5/1) coarse faint mottles; massive; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 1 percent medium irregular noncoherent cemented lime masses; 5 percent by volume mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described;. lignite chips
    C2—117 to 152 centimeters (46.1 to 59.8 inches); olive (5Y 4/4), reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) and olive (5Y 5/3) and reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), dry; 1 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) fine prominent and 1 percent red (2.5YR 5/8) fine prominent and 5 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct and 5 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) fine distinct mottles; massive; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 6 percent by volume mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified.; moist when described;