IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bearden
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1967ND035001
  • User Pedon ID: S1967ND035001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2825
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37404
  • 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: 47.9177628
  • Std. Longitude: -97.2095413
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 151N
  • Range: 51W
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: 0.4 mile east of Northwest corner
  • Location Description: 6 miles west of Grand Forks, North Dakota; 115 feet south of edge of road ditch (20 feet south of south tree row).
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND035—Grand Forks
  • MLRA: 56—Red River Valley of the North
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND035—Grand Forks County, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. H. Jordan, G. G. S. Holmgren, A. F. Bahr, F. M. Schroer.
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bearden
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/10/1967
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: lacustrine deposits
  • Landscape: plains
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/10/1967 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21 percent fine pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2) gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22318. The Ap extends to 28 cm (11 inches) in 1967.
    A12—13 to 30 centimeters (5.1 to 11.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay loam; moderate very fine granular structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21 percent pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2) gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A22319
    C1ca—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22320
    C1cs—48 to 69 centimeters (18.9 to 27.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint and 1 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/3) fine faint mottles; weak fine granular structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; coarse gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A22321
    C13—69 to 86 centimeters (27.2 to 33.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) silty clay loam; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; fine granular structure; firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 1 percent coarse gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; slight effervescence; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A22322. Very faint varves.
    C2g1—86 to 142 centimeters (33.9 to 55.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay loam; dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) prominent and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) prominent mottles; strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, very plastic; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A22323. Faint varves; few horizontal gypsiferous seams; strong brown to dark reddish brown (7.5YR 5/6 to 5YR 3/3) staining on vertical and oblique cleavage planes.
    C2g2—142 to 183 centimeters (55.9 to 72.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A22324. Fine varves. Consistency as above with less mottling.