IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Straw
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1996ND007016
  • User Pedon ID: S1996ND007016
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 97P0373
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10056
  • 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: 47.0245819
  • Std. Longitude: -103.0347214
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 141N
  • Range: 98W
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: 700 feet west and 250 feet north of the southeast corner
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND007—Billings
  • MLRA: 54—Rolling Soft Shale Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND007—Billings County, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: TMC, ARG, and MGU
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Cumulic Haploborolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 16
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Straw
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Cumulic Haploborolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/23/1996
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plains
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/23/1996 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 42
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    0—69

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    Setting and Climate
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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; 24 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 4.0 very fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P02255; moist when described;
    Bw—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), dry; silt loam; 22 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 5.0 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P02256; moist when described;
    Ab—38 to 50 centimeters (15.0 to 19.7 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; 21 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 6.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P02257; moist when described;
    Bw—50 to 69 centimeters (19.7 to 27.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), dry; loam; 20 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 5.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P02258; dry when described;
    Bk—69 to 114 centimeters (27.2 to 44.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), dry; loam; 19 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 4.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 20 percent fine irregular lime masses throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P02259; dry when described;
    2C1—114 to 144 centimeters (44.9 to 56.7 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; loam; 18 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; 5 percent fine irregular lime masses throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P02260; dry when described;
    2C2—144 to 280 centimeters (56.7 to 110.2 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; fine sandy loam; 13 percent clay; massive; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, nonplastic; 0.3 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P02261; dry when described;
    3C—280 to 490 centimeters (110.2 to 192.9 inches); olive (5Y 5/3), pale olive (5Y 6/3), dry; loam; 18 percent clay; massive; moderately hard, friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 very fine low-continuity tubular pores; fragments. Lab sample # 97P02262