IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fargo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2001ND077007
  • User Pedon ID: S2001ND077007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 02N0763
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 15254
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • 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: 46.2529984
  • Std. Longitude: -96.6480484
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 132N
  • Range: 48W
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: 300 feet South and 2400 feet East of Northwest corner
  • Map Unit: 623—Ryan-Fargo silty clays, 0 to 1 percent slopes
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND077—Richland
  • MLRA: 56—Red River Valley of the North
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND077—Richland County, North Dakota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46096-C6—Dwight, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Kaa W/ help
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, frigid Typic Natraquerts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fargo
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, frigid Typic Natraquerts
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/18/2001
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/18/2001 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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
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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (2.5Y 2.5/1), very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), dry; silty clay loam; firm; 5.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N03864
    Bt1—20 to 32 centimeters (7.9 to 12.6 inches); dark olive gray (5Y 3/2), olive gray (5Y 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; friable; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; very fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N03865
    Bt2—32 to 44 centimeters (12.6 to 17.3 inches); dark olive gray (5Y 3/2), olive gray (5Y 5/2), dry; silty clay; friable; 1.0 very fine roots between peds; very fine tubular pores; 25 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N03866
    Btk—44 to 71 centimeters (17.3 to 28.0 inches); dark olive gray (5Y 3/2), olive gray (5Y 5/2), dry; silty clay; friable; 1.0 very fine roots between peds; very fine tubular pores; 25 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N03867
    Bkss—71 to 94 centimeters (28.0 to 37.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2), light olive gray (5Y 6/2), dry; silty clay; friable; very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N03868
    Bkg1—94 to 112 centimeters (37.0 to 44.1 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2), light olive gray (5Y 6/2), dry; silty clay; friable; very fine tubular pores; 5 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6); fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N03869
    Bkg2—112 to 137 centimeters (44.1 to 53.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; silty clay loam; friable; very fine tubular pores; 2 percent gray (5Y 5/1) and 5 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) and 20 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6); 5 percent carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N03870
    BCg—137 to 161 centimeters (53.9 to 63.4 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; silty clay loam; friable; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 2 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 2 percent black (5YR 2.5/1) and 5 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) and 10 percent light gray (10YR 7/1); 2 percent gray (10YR 6/1) carbonate masses; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N03871
    BCy—161 to 230 centimeters (63.4 to 90.6 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), dry; silty clay loam; friable; 2 percent black (5YR 2.5/1) and 4 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) and 6 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6); 1 percent 5YR 2.5/5 (5YR 2.5/5) gypsum masses; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 02N03872
    C—230 to 307 centimeters (90.6 to 120.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), dry; silt loam; friable; 8 percent gray (10YR 5/1) and 45 percent gray (5Y 5/1); 2 percent black (2.5Y 2.5/1); fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # 02N03873