IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): RELIANCE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1956SD059006
  • User Pedon ID: S1956SD059006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1956SD059006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2422
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37119
  • 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: 44.2872238
  • Std. Longitude: -99.2019424
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 110N
  • Range: 70W
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: 0.15 miles east and 0.25 mile north of the southwest corner
  • State: South Dakota
  • County: SD059—Hand
  • MLRA: 53C—Southern Dark Brown Glaciated Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: SD059—Hand County, South Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Typic Argiustolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - RELIANCE
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mondamin
  • Classificaton Date - 7/24/1956
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: mesa
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/24/1956 (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

    KOMA

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Koeleria macrantha

    blue grama

    prairie Junegrass

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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

    1

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    457

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    22.8

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    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), black (10YR 2/1), moist; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, friable; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry, coats on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A18956. Quartz grains predominantly stained with some bleached quartz grains also observed. Horizon temperature 86 degrees F.
    B21—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), black (10YR 2/1), moist; silty clay loam; weak and moderate medium prismatic parts to weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry, coats on faces of peds and black (10YR 2/1), moist, coats on faces of peds and clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A18957. Quartz predominantly stained with some bleached quartz grains and some finely divided bleached quartz grains also observed. Horizon temperature 77 degrees F.; continuous - phpvsfiid 195597; continuous - phpvsfiid 195597
    B22—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), moist; silty clay loam; moderate and strong coarse parts to medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; gray (2.5Y 5/1), dry, coats on faces of peds and very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), moist, coats on faces of peds and clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A18958. Only finely divided, bleached quartz grains observed. Horizon temperature 77 degrees F.; continuous - phpvsfiid 195600; continuous - phpvsfiid 195600
    B2c—38 to 48 centimeters (15.0 to 18.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; silty clay loam; moderate coarse parts to fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; clay films on all faces of peds and 10 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), dry, iron stains on faces of peds and 10 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, iron stains on faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slight effervescence; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A18959. Quartz grains predominantly stained with some bleached quartz grains and some finely divided, bleached quartz grains also observed. Horizon temperature 74 degrees F.; continuous - phpvsfiid 195603; continuous - phpvsfiid 195603
    B2ca—48 to 61 centimeters (18.9 to 24.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), moist; silty clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; clay films on all faces of peds and 10 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), dry, iron stains on faces of peds and 10 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, iron stains on faces of peds; 3 percent fine and medium lime masses; fragments; slight effervescence irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A18960. Quartz grains predominantly stained with some bleached quartz grains and some finely divided, bleached quartz grains also observed. Horizon temperature 74 degrees F.; continuous - phpvsfiid 195606; continuous - phpvsfiid 195606
    B3ca—61 to 89 centimeters (24.0 to 35.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; silty clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to medium prismatic parts to weak and moderate fine and medium platy structure; hard, firm; clay films on all faces of peds and 10 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, iron stains on faces of peds and 10 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), dry, iron stains on faces of peds; 3 percent fine and medium lime masses and 1 percent medium weakly coherent cemented carbonate concretions; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18961. Only finely divided, bleached quartz grains observed. Horizon temperature 70 degrees F.; continuous - phpvsfiid 184520; continuous - phpvsfiid 184520
    B3cacs1—89 to 102 centimeters (35.0 to 40.2 inches); gray (5Y 6/1), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist; silty clay; weak and moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium platy structure; hard, firm; clay films on all faces of peds and 10 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry, manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and 10 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and 30 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), dry, iron stains on faces of peds and 30 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, iron stains on faces of peds; 1 percent noncoherent cemented salt masses and 1 percent fine and medium noncoherent cemented lime masses and 1 percent medium weakly coherent cemented carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18962. Only bleached, finely divided quartz grains observed. Horizon temperature 67 degrees F.; continuous - phpvsfiid 184525; continuous - phpvsfiid 184525
    B3cacs2—102 to 132 centimeters (40.2 to 52.0 inches); gray (5Y 6/1), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist; silty clay; weak and moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium platy structure; very hard, very firm; clay films on all faces of peds and 10 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry, manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and 10 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and 30 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), dry, iron stains on faces of peds and 30 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, iron stains on faces of peds; 1 percent noncoherent cemented salt masses and 1 percent coarse noncoherent cemented lime masses and 1 percent medium and coarse weakly coherent cemented carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18963. Only bleached, finely divided quartz grains observed. Horizon temperature 67 degrees F.; patchy - phpvsfiid 184530; patchy - phpvsfiid 184530
    B3cacs3—132 to 152 centimeters (52.0 to 59.8 inches); gray (5Y 6/1), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist; silty clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate and strong fine and medium platy structure; very hard, very firm; clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), dry, iron stains on faces of peds and 30 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, iron stains on faces of peds; 1 percent noncoherent cemented salt masses and 1 percent coarse lime masses and 1 percent medium and coarse weakly coherent cemented carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A18964. Only finely divided, bleached quartz grains observed. Horizon temperature 60 degrees F.; patchy - phpvsfiid 184533; patchy - phpvsfiid 184533