IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Miranda
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1951SD115002
  • User Pedon ID: S1951SD115002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1951SD115002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2358
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37055
  • Print Date: 5/30/2024

    • 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: 45.1083336
  • Std. Longitude: -98.6583328
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 119N
  • Range: 65W
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: 1/8 mile S of NE corner; 350 feet W along fence; 70 feet S
  • State: South Dakota
  • County: SD115—Spink
  • MLRA: 53B—Central Dark Brown Glaciated Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: SD115—Spink County, South Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C.A. Mogen
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, frigid Leptic Natriborolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Miranda
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cresbard
  • Classificaton Date - 8/23/1951
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/23/1951 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    BOGR2

    PASM

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Pascopyrum smithii

    blue grama

    western wheatgrass

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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

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loam; moderate fine platy structure; soft, very friable; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A18473. Composite sample A1 and A2 0 to 3 inches.
    A2—5 to 8 centimeters (2.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; loam; weak platy parts to weak granular structure; soft, very friable; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt boundary. A1 and A2 horizons were combined in the sample of 0-3 inches.
    B2—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; clay loam; fine columnar parts to medium prismatic structure; very hard, firm; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 40A18474. Columns are 2 inches long and have well-formed gray coat (2.5Y 7/2, dry) caps.
    B3cs—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) and very dark brown (10YR 2/2), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), dry; clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 1 percent gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; slight effervescence; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A18475
    Cca—25 to 61 centimeters (9.8 to 24.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4), dry; clay loam; massive; hard, friable; 1 percent lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A18476
    Ccs—61 to 69 centimeters (24.0 to 27.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4), dry; loam; hard, friable; 21 percent gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A18477
    C11—69 to 104 centimeters (27.2 to 40.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) and gray (2.5Y 6/1) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) and light gray (2.5Y 7/1) and reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), dry; loam; hard, friable; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A18478
    C12—104 to 152 centimeters (40.9 to 59.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) and light gray (10YR 7/1), dry; clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak coarse platy structure; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A18479