IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fargo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1954ND099002
  • User Pedon ID: S1954ND099002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0043
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32585
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • 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: 48.3822222
  • Std. Longitude: -97.2155556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 157N
  • Range: 51W
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: 0.2 mile west and 330 feet south of northeast corner
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND099—Walsh
  • MLRA: 56—Red River Valley of the North
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND099—Walsh County, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C.A. Mogen
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, frigid Typic Epiaquerts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Fargo
  • Classificaton Date - 1/21/2014
  • Classifier - kaa
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fargo
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, frigid Typic Epiaquerts
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/3/1954
  • Classifier - C. A. Mogen
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: calcareous clayey glaciolacustrine deposits
  • Landscape: glacial lake plain
  • Landform: flat
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/3/1954 (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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    0—28

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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
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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay; moderate very fine granular structure; hard, friable; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A00305
    Bw1—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); 95 percent very dark gray (5Y 3/1) and 5 percent black (5Y 2/1), 95 percent dark gray (5Y 4/1) and 5 percent black (10YR 2/1), dry; silty clay; strong very fine angular blocky structure; hard, firm; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A00306. as much as 7 inches of relief between trough and crest of the waves
    Bw2—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), olive gray (5Y 5/2), dry; silty clay; strong very fine angular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A00307
    Bk1—46 to 81 centimeters (18.1 to 31.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light olive gray (5Y 6/2), dry; silty clay; 3 percent pale olive (5Y 6/3) fine faint mottles; strong very fine angular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm; 1 percent fine noncoherent cemented lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A00308
    Bk2—81 to 109 centimeters (31.9 to 42.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light olive gray (5Y 6/2), dry; silty clay; 21 percent pale olive (5Y 6/4) fine faint and 21 percent white (5Y 8/1) fine faint and 21 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) fine faint and 21 percent light gray (2.5Y 7/2) fine faint mottles; moderate very fine angular blocky structure; hard, firm; 1 percent fine noncoherent cemented lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A00309
    C1—109 to 124 centimeters (42.9 to 48.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), pale olive (5Y 6/3) and light olive gray (5Y 6/2), dry; silty clay; grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and light gray (2.5Y 7/2) and 1 percent white (5Y 8/1) medium prominent mottles; moderate very fine angular blocky structure; hard, firm; 1 percent noncoherent cemented lime masses; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A00310
    C2—124 to 152 centimeters (48.8 to 59.8 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), pale yellow (5Y 7/3), dry; silty clay; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) prominent and 21 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) fine prominent mottles; strong medium platy structure; very hard, firm; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A00311