IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bullcreek
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2013SD017001
  • User Pedon ID: S2013SD017001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 14N0303
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 74462
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • 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: 44.0044700
  • Std. Longitude: -99.0856983
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 106N
  • Range: 69W
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: 485 feet South and 115 feet east of the NW corner
  • Location Description: Pedon is located 61 miles east and 26.5 miles south of the Pierre MLRA Soil Survey Office in Pierre, SD.
  • Map Unit: Bu—Bullcreek clay, 0 to 6 percent slopes
  • State: South Dakota
  • County: SD017—Buffalo
  • MLRA: 63B—Southern Rolling Pierre Shale Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: SD603—Brule and Buffalo Counties, South Dakota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44099-A1—Big Bend Dam 4 SE, South Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: A. Oxford, N. Jones
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Typic Haplusterts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bullcreek (flagged as OSD)
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, mesic Typic Haplusterts
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/19/2013
  • Classifier - A. Oxford
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey alluvium derived from shale
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Ksat Class Upper: very low
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

  • Ecological Sites. (Click Ecological Site ID For Link to EDIT.)
    Ecological Site ID Ecological Site Name Correlation Data Classifier
    R063BY018SD Dense Clay Sep 20 2013 A. Oxford

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/6/2013 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    slickensides

    salt accumulations

    gypsum accumulations

    0—23

    8—81

    43—203

    43—203

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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

    1

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    450

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    174

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    Ap—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), moist; silty clay; 4 percent sand; 52 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; very hard, very firm, slightly sticky, very plastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine and 2.0 medium and 1.0 fine pores; 3 reversible crust related cracks per meter at a depth of 1 cm with a width of 2.5 cm and 2 reversible trans-horizon cracks per meter at a depth of 8 cm with a width of 1.5 cm that extend above the horizon; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 6.7, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 14N01571; slightly dry when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bss1—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), moist; clay; 4 percent sand; 65 percent clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, extremely firm, very sticky, very plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and 1.0 medium and 2.0 fine pores; 2 reversible trans-horizon cracks per meter at a depth of 15 cm with a width of 1.5 cm that extend above and below the horizon; 10 percent faint slickensides (pedogenic); fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.0, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N01572; slightly dry when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bss2—23 to 43 centimeters (9.1 to 16.9 inches);, very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), moist; clay; 4 percent sand; 60 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; extremely hard, extremely firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine and 1.0 fine pores; 2 reversible trans-horizon cracks per meter at a depth of 20 cm with a width of 1.5 cm that extend above and below the horizon; 20 percent distinct slickensides (pedogenic); 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N01573; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bssyz—43 to 81 centimeters (16.9 to 31.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), dark olive brown (2.5Y 3/3), moist; silty clay; 4 percent sand; 50 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine pores; 2 reversible trans-horizon cracks per meter at a depth of 16 cm with a width of 1.5 cm that extend below the horizon; 5 percent faint slickensides (pedogenic); 5 percent fine distinct spherical weakly coherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix; 10 percent fine prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented salt masses with sharp boundaries in matrix and 5 percent fine faint cylindrical moderately coherent cemented gypsum crystals, unspecified with sharp boundaries in matrix; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 14N01574; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Byz1—81 to 97 centimeters (31.9 to 38.2 inches);, very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), moist; silty clay; 4 percent sand; 54 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine pores; 5 percent fine distinct spherical weakly coherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix; 20 percent fine prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented salt masses with sharp boundaries in matrix and 5 percent fine faint cylindrical moderately coherent cemented gypsum crystals, unspecified with sharp boundaries in matrix and 5 percent fine distinct irregular weakly coherent cemented gypsum masses with clear boundaries in matrix; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, pH indicator solutions; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N01575; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Byz2—97 to 134 centimeters (38.2 to 52.8 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), moist; silty clay; 4 percent sand; 54 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine pores; 5 percent medium distinct irregular weakly coherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix; 8 percent fine prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented salt masses with sharp boundaries in matrix and 2 percent fine faint cylindrical moderately coherent cemented gypsum crystals, unspecified with sharp boundaries in matrix and 2 percent fine distinct irregular weakly coherent cemented gypsum masses with clear boundaries in matrix; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, pH indicator solutions; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 14N01576; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry
    BCyz—134 to 203 centimeters (52.8 to 79.9 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1), very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), moist; clay; 4 percent sand; 58 percent clay; structureless massive; very hard, firm, very sticky, very plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine pores; 5 percent medium distinct irregular weakly coherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries in matrix; 2 percent medium prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented salt masses with sharp boundaries in matrix and 2 percent medium distinct irregular weakly coherent cemented gypsum masses with clear boundaries in matrix; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-4-5 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, pH indicator solutions. Lab sample # 14N01577; moist when described; observed in pit, large or quarry