IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Zahl
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 89ND023075
  • User Pedon ID: 89ND023075
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0542
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61644
  • 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: 48.7650000
  • Std. Longitude: -104.0150000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 260 feet N and 750 feet E of the SW corner of Section 14, T.161N., R.103W.
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND023—Divide
  • MLRA: 53B—Central 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 - 5/8/1989
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: till plain
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/8/1989 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 41
  • 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—66

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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

    10

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    90

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 3.0 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P03038; moist when described;
    Bk1—13 to 36 centimeters (5.1 to 14.2 inches); olive (5Y 4/3), olive (5Y 5/3), dry; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described;. (10YR 8/1) CaCO3—dry color;
    Bk2—36 to 66 centimeters (14.2 to 26.0 inches); olive (5Y 5/3), olive (5Y 5/3), dry; 1 percent dark red (2.5YR 3/6) fine prominent and 1 percent red (2.5YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 very fine roots and 0.1 fine roots; distinct clay films; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described;. (10YR 8/1) CaCO3—dry color;
    C1—66 to 122 centimeters (26.0 to 48.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; red (2.5YR 4/8) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 1 percent red (2.5YR 5/8) fine prominent and 5 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) fine distinct mottles; massive; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described;
    C2—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; 1 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) medium prominent and 1 percent red (2.5YR 5/8) medium prominent and 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent and 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; massive; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified.; moist when described;. few lignite chips