IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Amor
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2015SD137001
  • User Pedon ID: S2015SD137001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 16N0480
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 82620
  • Print Date: 6/2/2024

    • 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: 44.9351667
  • Std. Longitude: -101.6795056
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 11N
  • Range: 20E
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: 1,171 feet east and 170 feet south of the NW corner of Section 10, 11N, 20E
  • Location Description: Pedon was sampled at/near the Amor TUD for Ziebach County. The pedon is located 8 miles south and 3.75 miles west of the town of Dupree in Ziebach County, South Dakota.
  • Map Unit: AcD—Amor-Cabba loams, 9 to 15 percent slopes
  • State: South Dakota
  • County: SD137—Ziebach
  • MLRA: 54—Rolling Soft Shale Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: SD137—Ziebach County, South Dakota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44101-H6—Diermier Ranch, South Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. Kempenich; R. Chavez; J. Heilig; A. Oxford
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid 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 - Amor
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Typic Haplustolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 63 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/28/2015
  • Classifier - A. Oxford
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Pedon Vegetation and Crop Cover Information:
  • Current Crop - millet
  • Litter Cover % - 75
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy residuum weathered from mudstone
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: hill
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: very weakly coherent mudstone at 63cm
  • Geology: Fox Hills formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

  • Ecological Sites. (Click Ecological Site ID For Link to EDIT.)
    Ecological Site ID Ecological Site Name Correlation Data Classifier
    R054XY031ND Loamy

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/23/2015 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: John Kempenich, Jeanne Heilig, Raven Chavez, Andy Oxford
  • 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
  • Current Weather - sunny
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, paralithic

    very weakly coherent

    63 - 200

    - 137 -

    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    calcic horizon

    redox concentrations

    paralithic contact

    0—32

    32—63

    48—200

    63—200

    —32—

    —31—

    —152—

    —137—
    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

    10

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    740

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    359

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    Ap—0 to 12 centimeters (0.0 to 4.7 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist; loam; 26 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common (4.0) very fine roots throughout and common (2.0) medium roots throughout and common (2.0) fine roots throughout; common (3.0) very fine tubular and common (2.0) medium tubular and common (3.0) fine tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly acid, pH 6.5, pH indicator solutions; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 16N01944; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw—12 to 32 centimeters (4.7 to 12.6 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), dark olive brown (2.5Y 3/3), moist; clay loam; 28 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common (3.0) very fine roots throughout and common (3.0) medium roots throughout and many (5.0) fine roots throughout; common (2.0) very fine tubular and few (1.0) medium tubular and common (2.0) fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 16N01945; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bk—32 to 48 centimeters (12.6 to 18.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3), moist; loam; 25 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately hard, firm, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common (2.0) very fine roots throughout and few (1.0) medium roots throughout and few (1.0) fine roots throughout; few (1.0) very fine tubular and few (1.0) fine tubular pores; 10 percent faint clay films on vertical faces of peds; 2 percent coarse prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented carbonate masses with clear boundaries in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH indicator solutions; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 16N01946; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    BCk—48 to 63 centimeters (18.9 to 24.8 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), moist; silty clay loam; 28 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; common (2.0) very fine roots throughout; few (1.0) very fine tubular pores; 3 percent fine prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries throughout; 10 percent coarse prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented carbonate masses with clear boundaries in matrix; 8 percent by volume flat angular very weakly coherent cemented 2-3-5 millimeter mudstone fragments observed by visual inspection method; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH indicator solutions; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 16N01947; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    Cr—63 to 200 centimeters (24.8 to 78.7 inches); bedrock; few (1.0) very fine roots throughout; 15 percent coarse prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries throughout; 4 percent coarse prominent threadlike weakly coherent cemented carbonate masses with sharp boundaries along lamina or strata surfaces; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH indicator solutions. Lab sample # 16N01948; moist when described; observed in pit, small