IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Anselmo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2015SD123001
  • User Pedon ID: S2015SD123001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 16N0478
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 82618
  • User Project ID: 2016-5-PIE-66-001
  • Project Name: MLRA 66 - FY2016 Benchmark Soil Sampling
  • 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: 43.2710230
  • Std. Longitude: -100.0553270
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 98N
  • Range: 78W
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4
  • Location Description: The sample location was at or near the Anselmo TUD location in Tripp County, South Dakota. It is located 6 miles west and 8 miles south of Winner, South Dakota. It is located 1,990 feet west and 130 feet north of the intersection of SD Hwy 53 and 285th Street in Section 27, Township 98 N, Range 78W in a crop field.
  • Map Unit: AbB—Anselmo fine sandy loam, 3 to 6 percent slopes
  • State: South Dakota
  • County: SD123—Tripp
  • MLRA: 66—Dakota-Nebraska Eroded Tableland
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: SD123—Tripp County, South Dakota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43100-C1—Witten SE, South Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: A. Oxford; N. Jones
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Haplustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Anselmo
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Haplustolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/4/2015
  • Classifier - A. Oxford
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: coarse-loamy eolian deposits over sandy and gravelly alluvium over coarse-loamy eolian deposits
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/16/2015 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: A. Oxford; N. Jones
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - partly cloudy
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—46

    46—114

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    —68—
    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

    5

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    745

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    132

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) fine sandy loam; 12 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; common (2.0) very fine roots throughout and few (1.0) fine roots throughout; common (2.0) very fine low-continuity irregular and few (1.0) fine low-continuity irregular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N01930; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    A—13 to 30 centimeters (5.1 to 11.8 inches);, very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist; fine sandy loam; 12 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; common (2.0) very fine roots throughout and few (1.0) fine roots throughout; common (2.0) very fine low-continuity irregular and few (1.0) fine low-continuity irregular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly acid, pH 6.5, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 16N01931; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches);, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; fine sandy loam; 15 percent clay; weak medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; few (1.0) very fine roots throughout and few (1.0) fine roots throughout; few (1.0) very fine low-continuity irregular and few (1.0) fine low-continuity irregular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly acid, pH 6.5, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 16N01932; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—46 to 73 centimeters (18.1 to 28.7 inches);, brown (10YR 4/3), moist; fine sandy loam; 15 percent clay; weak medium prismatic structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; few (1.0) very fine roots throughout and few (1.0) fine roots throughout; few (1.0) very fine low-continuity irregular and few (1.0) fine low-continuity irregular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly acid, pH 6.5, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N01933; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw3—73 to 114 centimeters (28.7 to 44.9 inches);, light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist; fine sandy loam; 15 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; few (1.0) very fine roots throughout and few (1.0) fine roots throughout; few (1.0) very fine low-continuity and few (1.0) fine low-continuity pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly acid, pH 6.5, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N01934; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C1—114 to 135 centimeters (44.9 to 53.1 inches);, light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), moist; fine sandy loam; 12 percent clay; structureless massive; soft, very friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; few (1.0) very fine roots throughout; few (1.0) very fine low-continuity pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 6.8, pH indicator solutions; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N01935; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C2—135 to 157 centimeters (53.1 to 61.8 inches);, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist; fine sand; 5 percent clay; structureless massive; loose, loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; few (1.0) very fine roots throughout; few (1.0) very fine low-continuity pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.0, pH indicator solutions; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N01936; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    C3—157 to 203 centimeters (61.8 to 79.9 inches);, pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), moist; fine sandy loam; 10 percent clay; structureless massive; slightly hard, friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.0, pH indicator solutions. Lab sample # 16N01937; moist when described; observed in pit, small