IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cavo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1971SD065002
  • User Pedon ID: S1971SD065002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1971SD065002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2504
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37200
  • 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: 44.5058327
  • Std. Longitude: -99.8450012
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 112N
  • Range: 75W
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 2460 feet south and 50 feet east of fence in NW corner
  • State: South Dakota
  • County: SD065—Hughes
  • MLRA: 53C—Southern Dark Brown Glaciated Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: SD065—Hughes County, South Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: P. R. Johnson and M. W. Smalley.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Typic Natrustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cavo
  • PSC - 20 to 53 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/25/2016
  • Classifier - Justiniano, Wilfredo
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cavo
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1971
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-loamy till
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1971 (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

    CAREX

    PASM

    Bouteloua gracilis

    Carex

    Pascopyrum smithii

    blue grama

    sedge

    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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    2

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    406

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    7.8

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    A11—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), black (10YR 2/1), moist; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19655
    A12—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; silt loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19656
    A2—15 to 20 centimeters (5.9 to 7.9 inches); gray (10YR 6/1), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silt loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19657
    B21t—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay; moderate coarse columnar parts to strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; gray (10YR 6/1), dry, silt coats on tops of soil columns; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A19658. continuous - phpvsfiid 1378157; continuous - phpvsfiid 1378157
    B22t—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; silty clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A19659
    B23t—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), moist; silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 75 percent carbonate coats on faces of peds; 3 percent fine salt masses and 3 percent fine gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A19660
    B3sacs—53 to 69 centimeters (20.9 to 27.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21 percent salt masses and 21 percent gypsum crystals, unspecified and 3 percent medium lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A19661
    C1sacs—69 to 112 centimeters (27.2 to 44.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; clay loam; 21 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) fine prominent and 21 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine prominent and 21 percent gray (5Y 6/1) fine prominent mottles; massive; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21 percent fine salt masses and 21 percent fine gypsum crystals, unspecified and 3 percent fine and medium lime masses; 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A19662
    C2sacs—112 to 152 centimeters (44.1 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist; clay loam; 21 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) fine prominent and 21 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine prominent and 21 percent gray (5Y 6/1) fine prominent mottles; massive; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 21 percent salt masses and 21 percent gypsum crystals, unspecified; 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A19663