IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): RICHFIELD
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1958SD007005
  • User Pedon ID: S1958SD007005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2486
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37182
  • 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: 43.1174736
  • Std. Longitude: -101.6257706
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 36N
  • Range: 37W
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of the NW 1/4, 385 feet S and 530 feet W of the NE corner of the NE 1/4 of the NW 1/4
  • State: South Dakota
  • County: SD007—Bennett
  • MLRA: 64—Mixed Sandy and Silty Tableland and Badlands
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: SD007—Bennett County, South Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - RICHFIELD
  • Classificaton Date - 9/6/2001
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - UNNAMED
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1958
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1958 (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
    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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    A1p—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and gray (10YR 5/1) crushed, dry; silt loam; subangular blocky parts to weak and moderate fine granular structure; soft, friable; 75 percent organic stains on rock fragments; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 40A19500. Some quartz finely divided bleached; minerals primarily quartz; temperature 71 degrees F; false, plow depth boundary.
    A1A2—18 to 23 centimeters (7.1 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), gray (2.5Y 5/1), dry; silt loam, silty clay loam; weak fine and medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 fine pores; black (10YR 2/1), moist, coats on faces of peds and gray (2.5Y 5/1), dry, coats on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19501. Quartz predominantly finely divided bleached; minerals primarily quartz; temperature 73 degrees F.; continuous - phpvsfiid 185409; continuous - phpvsfiid 185410; continuous - phpvsfiid 185409; continuous - phpvsfiid 185410
    B21A2—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak fine and medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 3.0 fine pores; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, coats on faces of peds and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry, coats on faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19502. Quartz predominantly finely divided bleached; minerals primarily quartz; temperature 73 degrees F.; continuous - phpvsfiid 185411; continuous - phpvsfiid 185412; continuous - phpvsfiid 185411; continuous - phpvsfiid 185412
    B22—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate and strong very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm; 3.0 fine 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 all faces of peds and 75 percent iron stains on rock fragments; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19503. Moderate continuous clay films on both the vertical and horizontal primary and secondary ped faced in the lower portion of this horizon; minerals primarily quartz with a few feldspar and iron-manganese concentrations; temperature 74 degrees F.; continuous - phpvsfiid 185413; continuous - phpvsfiid 185414; continuous - phpvsfiid 185416; continuous - phpvsfiid 185413; continuous - phpvsfiid 185414; continuous - phpvsfiid 185416
    B23—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 3.0 fine pores; clay films on all faces of peds and 75 percent iron stains on rock fragments; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19504. Minerals as in above horizon; temperature 73 degrees F.; continuous - phpvsfiid 185418; continuous - phpvsfiid 185418
    B3ca1—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; silt loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 fine and medium pores; light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), moist, coats on faces of peds and light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry, coats on faces of peds and clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine lime masses and 1 percent fine noncoherent cemented carbonate threads; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19505. Minerals primarily quartz with increase of feldspar and iron-manganese concentrations; temperature 72 degrees F.; continuous - phpvsfiid 185419; continuous - phpvsfiid 185420; patchy - phpvsfiid 185421; continuous - phpvsfiid 185419; continuous - phpvsfiid 185420; patchy - phpvsfiid 185421
    B3ca2—76 to 91 centimeters (29.9 to 35.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic structure; soft, friable; 0.5 medium and 0.5 fine and 0.5 coarse pores; light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), moist, coats on faces of peds and light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry, coats on faces of peds and clay films on vertical faces of peds; 3 percent fine lime masses and 3 percent fine noncoherent cemented carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19506. Quartz predominantly finely divided bleached; minerals as in above horizon but with a noticeable increase in quartz; temperature 70 degrees F.; continuous - phpvsfiid 185422; continuous - phpvsfiid 185423; patchy - phpvsfiid 185424; continuous - phpvsfiid 185422; continuous - phpvsfiid 185423; patchy - phpvsfiid 185424
    Cca—91 to 122 centimeters (35.8 to 48.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; silt loam; massive; soft, very friable; 0.5 medium and 0.5 fine and 0.5 coarse pores; 3 percent fine lime masses and 3 percent fine noncoherent cemented carbonate threads; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19507. Quartz predominantly finely divided bleached; minerals predominantly quartz, feldspar and iron-manganese concentrations; temperature 66 degrees F.
    (C-Dr)ca—122 to 173 centimeters (48.0 to 68.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; silt loam; massive; soft, very friable; 0.5 medium and 0.5 fine and 0.5 coarse pores; 1 percent fine noncoherent cemented carbonate threads and 1 percent fine lime masses; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A19508. Quartz predominantly finely divided bleached; common fragments of Dr material; minerals as in above horizon; temperature 63 degrees F; auger boundary.
    Drc—173 centimeters (68.1 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2), white (2.5Y 8/1), dry; unweathered bedrock; strong fine and medium platy structure; 10 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A19509. Quartz predominantly finely divided bleached; minerals as in above horizon.