IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wheatville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2000ND077034
  • User Pedon ID: S2000ND077034
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 01N0553
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15059
  • 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: 46.4700623
  • Std. Longitude: -96.7952957
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 135N
  • Range: 49W
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: NE-NW 1/2
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND077—Richland
  • MLRA: 56—Red River Valley of the North
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND077—Richland County, North Dakota
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mike Ulmer, Dave J, Keith A, Regan K.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty over clayey, mixed over smectitic, superactive, frigid Aeric Calciaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 34
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wheatville
  • Classificaton Date - 8/15/2016
  • Classifier - kaa
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wheatville
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-silty over clayey, mixed over smectitic, superactive, frigid Aeric Calciaquolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/30/2000
  • Moisture SUBClass - aeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • QC Status: level 3


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: delta deposits/lacustrine clay
  • Landscape: delta plain
  • Landform: delta plain
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/30/2000 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Air Temp - 20
  • 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

    1

    321

    Ap1—0 to 11 centimeters (0.0 to 4.3 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; silt loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 6.0 very fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N03164
    Ap2—11 to 22 centimeters (4.3 to 8.7 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 6.0 very fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N03165
    A—22 to 33 centimeters (8.7 to 13.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; silt loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots; 20.0 very fine tubular pores; distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) plinthite nodules; 10 percent carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N03166
    Bk1—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), pale red (2.5YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 4.0 very fine roots and 2.0 medium roots and 1.0 fine roots; 30.0 very fine tubular pores; prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) iron-manganese masses; fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N03167
    Bk2—51 to 71 centimeters (20.1 to 28.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light reddish brown (2.5YR 6/3), dry; very fine sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 very fine roots and 1.0 medium roots; 30.0 very fine tubular pores; faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) iron-manganese masses; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N03168
    Bk3—71 to 86 centimeters (28.0 to 33.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse prismatic structure; friable; 2.0 very fine roots; 20.0 very fine tubular pores; faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) iron-manganese masses and distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) plinthite nodules; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 01N03169
    2Bk—86 to 113 centimeters (33.9 to 44.5 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), dry; silty clay; weak very coarse prismatic, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 very fine roots; 5.0 very fine tubular pores; gray (2.5Y 6/1) silt coats; 4 percent iron-manganese masses and 5 percent coarse light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) and 10 percent coarse light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and 10 percent coarse grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2); ; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N03170
    2BCk—113 to 260 centimeters (44.5 to 102.4 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; silty clay; weak very coarse prismatic, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 very fine roots; 5.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent iron-manganese masses and 15 percent coarse light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) and 15 percent coarse light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and 15 percent coarse light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4); fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 01N03171
    2C—260 to 302 centimeters (102.4 to 118.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) silty clay; massive; friable; 1.0 very fine roots; 2.0 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent iron-manganese masses and 5 percent coarse strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) and 5 percent coarse reddish black (10R 2.5/1) and 10 percent iron-manganese masses and 10 percent coarse bluish gray (5B 6/1) and 20 percent coarse gray (2.5Y 6/1); fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 01N03172