IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): KEITH
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1957SD113001
  • User Pedon ID: S1957SD113001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2407
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37104
  • 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: 43.0635834
  • Std. Longitude: -102.2193985
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 36N
  • Range: 42W
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: 0.15 mile N of the SE corner
  • State: South Dakota
  • County: SD113—Oglala Lakota
  • MLRA: 64—Mixed Sandy and Silty Tableland and Badlands
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: SD113—Shannon County, South Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Aridic Argiustolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - KEITH
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Keith
  • Classificaton Date - 8/16/1957
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/16/1957 (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
    • Setting and Climate
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    A1p—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; soft, friable; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, coats on faces of peds and grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry, coats on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 40A18826. Quartz grains finely divided, some bleached; pink minerals and dark minerals common; temperature 53 degrees F; false, plow depth boundary.
    B1—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silt loam; weak coarse platy parts to moderate very fine and fine platy parts to granular structure; slightly hard, friable; dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, coats on faces of peds and gray (10YR 5/1), dry, coats on faces of peds and clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18827. Quartz grains predominantly finely divided, some bleached, some unbleached; pink minerals and dark minerals common; temperature 54 degrees F.; patchy - phpvsfiid 184946; patchy - phpvsfiid 184947; patchy - phpvsfiid 195762; patchy - phpvsfiid 184946; patchy - phpvsfiid 184947; patchy - phpvsfiid 195762
    B3—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silty clay loam; weak medium and coarse prismatic parts to weak and moderate very fine and fine granular parts to weak and moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 3.0 very fine and 0.5 tubular pores; clay films on vertical faces of peds and clay films on horizontal faces of peds and dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, coats on faces of peds and gray (10YR 5/1), dry, coats on faces of peds; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18828. Quartz grains finely divided, some bleached, some unbleached; pink minerals and dark minerals common; temperature 56 degrees F.; continuous - phpvsfiid 195763; patchy - phpvsfiid 195764; patchy - phpvsfiid 195765; patchy - phpvsfiid 195766; continuous - phpvsfiid 195763; patchy - phpvsfiid 195764; patchy - phpvsfiid 195765; patchy - phpvsfiid 195766
    B22—38 to 48 centimeters (15.0 to 18.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), moist; silty clay loam; weak and moderate medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 3.0 very fine and 0.5 tubular pores; clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18829. Quartz grains finely divided, some bleached, some unbleached; pink minerals and dark minerals common; temperature 57 degrees F.; patchy - phpvsfiid 195767; patchy - phpvsfiid 195767
    B23—48 to 64 centimeters (18.9 to 25.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), moist; silty clay loam; weak and moderate coarse prismatic parts to weak and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable; 3.0 very fine and 3.0 tubular pores; dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, coats on faces of peds and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry, coats on faces of peds and clay films on vertical faces of peds and clay films on horizontal faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18830. Quartz grains finely divided, some bleached, some unbleached; pink minerals and dark minerals common; temperature 58 degrees F.; patchy - phpvsfiid 195768; patchy - phpvsfiid 195769; continuous - phpvsfiid 195770; patchy - phpvsfiid 195771; patchy - phpvsfiid 195768; patchy - phpvsfiid 195769; continuous - phpvsfiid 195770; patchy - phpvsfiid 195771
    B3ca1—64 to 81 centimeters (25.2 to 31.9 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), moist; silt loam; weak and moderate coarse prismatic parts to weak fine and medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable; 3.0 very fine and 3.0 tubular pores; clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine lime masses; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18831. Quartz grains finely divided, some bleached, some unbleached; pink minerals and dark minerals common; temperature 63 degrees F.; patchy - phpvsfiid 195772; patchy - phpvsfiid 195772
    B3ca2—81 to 102 centimeters (31.9 to 40.2 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; silt loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; slightly hard, very friable; 3.0 very fine and 0.5 tubular pores; clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18832. Quartz grains finely divided, some bleached, some unbleached; pink minerals and dark minerals common; increasing dark minerals; temperature 58 degrees F.; patchy - phpvsfiid 195773; patchy - phpvsfiid 195773
    B3ca3—102 to 122 centimeters (40.2 to 48.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; soft, very friable; 3.0 very fine pores; clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18833. Quartz grains finely divided, some bleached, some unbleached; pink minerals common; further increase of dark minerals; temperature 58 degrees F.; patchy - phpvsfiid 195774; patchy - phpvsfiid 195774
    Cca—122 to 165 centimeters (48.0 to 65.0 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), brown (10YR 5/3), moist; silt loam; massive; soft, very friable; 3.0 very fine pores; 3 percent fine lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A18834. Quartz grains finely divided, some bleached, some unbleached; pink minerals and dark minerals common; further increase of dark minerals; temperature 58 degrees F.