IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fargo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S78ND071-034
  • User Pedon ID: S78ND071-034
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NDSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 78ND071034
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 70887
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 157
  • Range: 64
  • Section: 19
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND071—Ramsey
  • MLRA: 55A—Northern Black Glaciated Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND071—Ramsey County, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fargo
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/7/2011
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: lake plain
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/7/2011 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

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    mollic epipedon

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    0—48

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    Setting and Climate
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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to strong fine granular structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1068
    Bw1—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to strong fine angular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 1.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1069
    Bw2—25 to 48 centimeters (9.8 to 18.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 1.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1070
    Bw3—48 to 79 centimeters (18.9 to 31.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; extremely hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1071
    BCkg—79 to 99 centimeters (31.1 to 39.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; clay; massive; extremely hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1071
    Cg—99 to 152 centimeters (39.0 to 59.8 inches); olive (5Y 5/3), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3), dry; silty clay; massive; very hard, very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 2 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent coarse irregular carbonate masses throughout; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # NDSU1072