IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): WANBLEE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1958SD095003
  • User Pedon ID: S1958SD095003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1958SD095003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2492
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37188
  • 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: 43.4622231
  • Std. Longitude: -101.1280594
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 40N
  • Range: 32W
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 132 feet W and 221 feet N of the S 1/4 corner
  • State: South Dakota
  • County: SD095—Mellette
  • MLRA: 64—Mixed Sandy and Silty Tableland and Badlands
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: SD095—Mellette County, South Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Ustollic Natrargids
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - WANBLEE
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - aridic (torric)
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - UNNAMED
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1958
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1958 (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

    PASM

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Pascopyrum smithii

    blue grama

    western wheatgrass

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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
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    A2—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and gray (10YR 6/1) crushed, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and dark gray (10YR 4/1) crushed, moist; loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, friable; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A19558. Quartz predominantly finely bleached with some larger bleached grains; minerals primarily quartz.
    B2—5 to 8 centimeters (2.0 to 3.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silty clay loam; moderate and strong very fine and fine columnar parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, coats on faces of peds and gray (10YR 6/1), dry, coats on faces of peds and clay films on all faces of peds and organic stains on rock fragments; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A19559. Clay films excluded on the tops of columns; quartz predominantly stained; minerals predominantly quartz with some feldspar.; continuous - phpvsfiid 185219; continuous - phpvsfiid 185220; continuous - phpvsfiid 185221; continuous - phpvsfiid 185219; continuous - phpvsfiid 185220; continuous - phpvsfiid 185221
    B2c—8 to 13 centimeters (3.1 to 5.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist; silty clay loam; weak and moderate fine prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, coats on faces of peds and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry, coats on faces of peds and clay films on all faces of peds and organic stains on rock fragments; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19559. Quartz predominantly bleached; minerals as in above horizon.; patchy - phpvsfiid 185223; patchy - phpvsfiid 185224; continuous - phpvsfiid 185225; patchy - phpvsfiid 185223; patchy - phpvsfiid 185224; continuous - phpvsfiid 185225
    B3c—13 to 18 centimeters (5.1 to 7.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm; 0.5 fine pores; brown (10YR 5/3), moist, coats on faces of peds and light gray (10YR 7/1), dry, coats on faces of peds and iron stains on rock fragments and clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19560. Quartz predominantly finely divided bleached; minerals predominantly quartz with some feldspar and iron-manganese concentrations.; patchy - phpvsfiid 185227; patchy - phpvsfiid 185228; patchy - phpvsfiid 185230; patchy - phpvsfiid 185227; patchy - phpvsfiid 185228; patchy - phpvsfiid 185230
    Cccssa1—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; silty clay loam; massive; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 fine pores; light gray (10YR 7/2), dry, coats on faces of peds; 1 percent fine noncoherent cemented salt masses; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19561. Quartz predominantly finely divided bleached; minerals as in above horizon.; patchy - phpvsfiid 185231; patchy - phpvsfiid 185231
    Cccssa2—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; silty clay loam, silt loam; massive; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 fine pores; 3 percent fine noncoherent cemented salt masses and 1 percent fine lime masses; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19562. Quartz predominantly finely divided bleached; minerals as in above horizon.
    ccssa—46 to 58 centimeters (18.1 to 22.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; silt loam; weak and moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable; 0.5 fine pores; iron stains on rock fragments; 1 percent fine lime masses and 1 percent fine noncoherent cemented salt masses; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19563. Quartz predominantly finely divided and bleached; minerals primarily quartz with some feldspar and increasing iron-manganese concentrations.
    Drccssa—58 to 91 centimeters (22.8 to 35.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; silt loam; moderate and strong fine granular structure; slightly hard, firm; iron stains on rock fragments; 1 percent fine and medium lime masses and 1 percent fine and medium noncoherent cemented salt masses; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19564. Finely bedded shale; quartz and minerals as in above horizon.
    Dr—91 to 137 centimeters (35.8 to 53.9 inches); very pale brown (10YR 8/2), pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist; silt loam; moderate and strong fine granular structure; hard, firm; 0.5 very fine pores; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 40A19565. Quartz and minerals as in above horizon; finely bedded shale.