IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): CHAMA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1997ND033003
  • User Pedon ID: S1997ND033003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 98P0164
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10436
  • Print Date: 6/2/2024

    • 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: 46.7639160
  • Std. Longitude: -103.9062195
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 138N
  • Range: 105W
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 1500 feet N and 950 feet W of SE corner
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND033—Golden Valley
  • MLRA: 54—Rolling Soft Shale Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND033—Golden Valley County, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: M. Ulmer, L. Edland, D. Vander Busch
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - CHAMA
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, nonacid Typic Calciborolls
  • Classificaton Date - 10/22/1997
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: plain
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: s slight weathered siltstone, calcareous
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/22/1997 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 54
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: wind and water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    paralithic contact

    calcic horizon

    0—18

    0—69

    15—53

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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

    10

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    899

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 6.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P01031. roots appear to be completely filling any pore spaces.
    Ak—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine continuous tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 98P01032
    Bk1—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; silt loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 4.0 very fine roots; 21.0 continuous tubular pores; 5 percent fine irregular very pale brown (10YR 8/2) lime masses throughout; fragments; violent effervescence; clear boundary. Lab sample # 98P01033
    Bk2—28 to 53 centimeters (11.0 to 20.9 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2), 85 percent light gray (5Y 7/2) and 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; silty clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; hard when dry, firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 very fine roots; 3.0 continuous tubular pores; 20 percent fine irregular very pale brown (10YR 8/2) gypsum masses throughout; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P01034
    Bky—53 to 69 centimeters (20.9 to 27.2 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2), light gray (5Y 7/2) and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 very fine roots; 3.0 continuous tubular pores; 20 percent fine irregular very pale brown (10YR 8/2) gypsum masses throughout; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P01035. some 15% unweathered silt stone fragments.
    Cr1—69 to 109 centimeters (27.2 to 42.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), 60 percent light gray (2.5Y 7/2) and 40 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), dry; silt loam; soft, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 very fine roots; 5 percent coarse spherical strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) iron concretions throughout; fragments; very slight effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P01036. 6 to 20 centimeters of iron concretions.
    Cr2—109 to 203 centimeters (42.9 to 79.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; silt loam; slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5 percent medium irregular very pale brown (10YR 8/2) gypsum masses; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 98P01037. Gypsum is found between cracks in the bedrock.