IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Ethridge
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1994ND007030
User Pedon ID:
S1994ND007030
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
96P0153
Print Date:
6/1/2024
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:
47.0705566
Std. Longitude:
-103.3638916
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
142N
Range:
100W
Section:
33
PLSS Details:
1750 feet east and 1350 feet north of the SW corner
State:
North Dakota
County:
ND007—Billings
MLRA:
58C—Northern Rolling High Plains, Northeastern Part
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
ND007—Billings County, North Dakota
PEDON
Describers Name:
ARG, TMC, CJH, MGU.
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Type:
not classified to current taxon name
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
Converted from PDP 3.x
Pedon #:
30
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Ethridge
Taxonomic Class -
Fine, montmorillonitic Aridic Argiborolls
PSC -
4 to 24 cm.
Classificaton Date -
10/25/1994
Moisture Class -
ustic
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
1
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Landscape:
badlands
Landform:
fan
Slope Shape Across:
linear
Slope Shape Down:
linear
Drainage Class:
well
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
10/25/1994 (actual site observation date)
Air Photo ID:
33
Surface Cover Properties:
Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 -
grass/herbaceous cover
Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 -
rangeland, grassland
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Drained? -
no
Bedded Soil? -
no
Forest Plantation? -
no
Site Erosion Accelerated:
water erosion
Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind
Feature Depth L-H
Feature Thickness L-RV-H
cm
mollic epipedon
argillic horizon
0—10
4—39
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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
4
205
95
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135
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A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, dry; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 fine roots throughout and 6.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P01285; dry when described;
Bt—10 to 24 centimeters (3.9 to 9.4 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 10.0 very fine roots throughout; 4.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P01286; dry when described;
Btk1—24 to 42 centimeters (9.4 to 16.5 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) interior, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) interior, dry; silt loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 6.0 very fine roots throughout; 4.0 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine irregular lime masses throughout; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P01287; dry when described;
Btk2—42 to 56 centimeters (16.5 to 22.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) interior, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) interior, dry; silt loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 4.0 very fine roots throughout; 10.0 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent fine irregular lime masses throughout; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P01288; dry when described;. Some coarse fragments and lenses of loam material.
2Btk3—56 to 97 centimeters (22.0 to 38.2 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior and olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) crushed, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) crushed, dry; silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, extremely firm*, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 5.0 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 15 percent fine threadlike lime masses throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P01289; dry when described;
3C1—97 to 122 centimeters (38.2 to 48.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, dry; silty clay; massive; extremely hard, extremely firm*, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 2 percent fine threadlike lime masses in cracks; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P01290; moist when described;
3C2—122 to 172 centimeters (48.0 to 67.7 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) interior, light olive gray (5Y 6/2) interior, dry; silty clay; massive; extremely hard, extremely firm*, very sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 15 percent fine threadlike lime masses in cracks; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P01291; moist when described;. Lower part shows stratification.
Cr—172 to 350 centimeters (67.7 to 137.8 inches); olive (5Y 4/3) interior, pale olive (5Y 6/3) interior, dry; weathered bedrock; massive; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 96P01292; moist when described;. Siltstone and magnite "cool," cool is about 60 cm thick.