IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Williams
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1954SD045002
  • User Pedon ID: S1954SD045002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1954SD045002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2403
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37100
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • 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: 45.5666656
  • Std. Longitude: -99.4822235
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 124N
  • Range: 72W
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: 0.15 mile N, 240 feet W, SE corner
  • State: South Dakota
  • County: SD045—Edmunds
  • MLRA: 53B—Central Dark Brown Glaciated Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: SD045—Edmunds County, South Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. A. Mogen
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Typic Argiustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Williams
  • PSC - 15 to 65 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/18/2013
  • Classifier - Perry Sullivan
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 9.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/29/1954 (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

    Bouteloua gracilis

    blue grama

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—38

    8—38

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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

    3

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    270

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A18801
    Bt1—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky parts to moderate very fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; 75 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # 40A18802. patchy - phpvsfiid 1275910; patchy - phpvsfiid 1275910
    Bt2—18 to 38 centimeters (7.1 to 15.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and dark brown (10YR 3/3) crushed, moist; clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to angular blocky structure; hard, friable; 75 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # 40A18803. Very dark grayish-brown (10YR 3.5/2, dry) streaks.; patchy - phpvsfiid 1275911; patchy - phpvsfiid 1275911
    Bk1—38 to 58 centimeters (15.0 to 22.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and white (2.5Y 8/1) and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and white (2.5Y 8/1), moist; clay loam; moderate very fine angular blocky parts to weak and moderate medium prismatic structure; hard, friable; 3 percent noncoherent cemented carbonate concretions and 3 percent carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A18804
    Bk2—58 to 94 centimeters (22.8 to 37.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and white (2.5Y 8/1) and light gray (N 7/0), olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) and gray (N 6/0) and light gray (2.5Y 7/1), moist; clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to very fine angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 3 percent carbonate concretions and 3 percent carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A18805
    Bk3—94 to 130 centimeters (37.0 to 51.2 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) and light gray (N 7/0), gray (N 6/0) and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist; loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, friable; 3 percent carbonate concretions and 3 percent carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A18806
    C—130 to 152 centimeters (51.2 to 59.8 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and gray (N 6/0) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist; loam; 21 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) fine faint and 21 percent light gray (N 7/0) fine faint mottles; moderate medium platy structure; very hard, friable; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A18807