IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Embden
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • Local Phase: till substratum
  • User Site ID: S1957ND017008
  • User Pedon ID: S1957ND017008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NDSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 57ND017008
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70178
  • User Project ID: 10-FAR_128
  • Project Name: MLRA 56 - Coarse-silty family units with loam surface textures
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 46.9052056
  • Std. Longitude: -97.4315073
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 140 N
  • Range: 54 W
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: 180' N, 480' W of SE 1/4
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND017—Cass
  • MLRA: 56—Red River Valley of the North
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-FAR—Fargo, North Dakota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND017—Cass County, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: FS, ER, MS
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Pachic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Embden
  • Classificaton Date - 2/21/2018
  • Classifier - kaa
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Gardena
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-silty, mixed, superactive, frigid Pachic Hapludolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/29/1957
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-loamy glaciolacustrine deposits over fine-loamy till
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/29/1957 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1285
    Bw—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; fine sandy loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1286
    2Bky1—46 to 71 centimeters (18.1 to 28.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2), dry; loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; 1 percent fine distinct dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1286
    2Bky2—71 to 89 centimeters (28.0 to 35.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), dry; loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; ; 5 percent medium gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1288
    2BC—89 to 114 centimeters (35.0 to 44.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; shale, unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; gradual boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1289
    2C—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; loam; weak medium platy structure; 20 percent coarse distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # NDSU1290