IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ryan
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • Local Phase: cropland
  • User Site ID: S2014ND077001
  • User Pedon ID: S2014ND077001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 15N0517
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 79648
  • 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: 47.2902220
  • Std. Longitude: -97.7156940
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Manually entered from gps
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND077—Richland
  • MLRA: 56—Red River Valley of the North
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-FAR—Fargo, North Dakota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND077—Richland County, North Dakota
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Keith Anderson, Kathy DesForge, Jordaan Larson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, frigid Typic Natraquerts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ryan
  • Classificaton Date - 7/21/2017
  • Classifier - kaa
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ryan
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, frigid Typic Natraquerts
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 28 to 78 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/19/2014
  • Classifier - Keith Anderson, Kathy DesForge
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Pedon Vegetation and Crop Cover Information:
  • Current Crop - barley
  • Litter Cover % - 1
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: Fine glaciolacustrine deposits
  • Landform: flat on lake plain
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/19/2014 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Keith Anderson, Kathy DesForge
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown crop
  • 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

    argillic horizon

    0—28

    28—87

    —-

    —-

    Pedon Horizon Bulk Density
    Horizon Depth to Top Depth to Bottom Method Data Collector Field Moist Volume Field Moist Sample Wt. Air Dry Sample Wt. Field Moist Co. Fragment Wt. Air Dry Fragment Wt. Fragment Density Coarse Fragment Volume Air Dry Subsample Wt. Oven Dry Subsample Wt. Grav Soil Moist % Whole Soil Grav Soil Moist % Fine Earth Bulk Density FM Fine Soil Bulk Density FM Whole Soill Bulk Density OD fINE Earth Bulk Density OD Fine Earth Bulk Density Satiated
    cm cm3 g g/cm3 cm3 g % g/cm3

    Ap1

    Ap2

    Btn

    Btkny

    Bky

    Bk

    C1

    C2

    0

    10

    28

    58

    87

    122

    145

    180

    10

    28

    58

    87

    122

    145

    180

    200

    core, constant volume

    core, constant volume

    core, constant volume

    core, constant volume

    core, constant volume

    core, constant volume

    core, constant volume

    core, constant volume

    Keith Anderson

    437.5

    520.7

    479

    526.7

    557.4

    557.4

    551.2

    526.4

    399.9

    423.4

    410.5

    413.7

    480.1

    480.1

    481.8

    458.1

    1.16

    1.22

    1.19

    1.19

    1.39

    1.38

    1.39

    1.32

    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

    Ap1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; silty clay; moderate medium cloddy parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; many (6.0) fine roots; ; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 15N02645; dry when described; observed in trench
    Ap2—10 to 28 centimeters (3.9 to 11.0 inches); black (2.5Y 2.5/1), very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1), dry; silty clay; strong medium cloddy structure; friable; many (6.0) fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 15N02646; dry when described; observed in trench
    Btn—28 to 58 centimeters (11.0 to 22.8 inches); black (2.5Y 2.5/1), dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), dry; clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to strong fine angular blocky structure; friable; common (3.0) fine roots; 55 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 15N02647; moist when described; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 1492487; continuous - phpvsfiid 1492487
    Btkny—58 to 87 centimeters (22.8 to 34.3 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) silty clay; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; friable; few (0.9) fine roots; 15 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent gypsum crystal clusters; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 15N02648; moist when described; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 1492488; continuous - phpvsfiid 1492488
    Bky—87 to 122 centimeters (34.3 to 48.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) silty clay; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; friable; 2 percent fine faint grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, iron depletions and 5 percent coarse prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 3 percent gypsum crystal clusters and 1 percent carbonate masses; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 15N02649; moist when described; observed in trench
    Bk—122 to 145 centimeters (48.0 to 57.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) silty clay; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; friable; 5 percent coarse prominent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, iron depletions and 20 percent medium prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 15N02650; moist when described; observed in trench
    C1—145 to 180 centimeters (57.1 to 70.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) silty clay; massive parts to strong medium angular blocky; friable; 20 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 20 percent medium distinct gray (2.5Y 6/1), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 15N02651; moist when described; observed in trench
    C2—180 to 200 centimeters (70.9 to 78.7 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) silty clay; massive parts to strong medium platy; friable; 20 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 20 percent coarse distinct gray (2.5Y 6/1), moist, iron depletions; 1 percent by volume mixed fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 15N02652; moist when described; observed in trench