IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Northcote
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1974MN027023
  • User Pedon ID: 1974MN027023
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN1758
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49926
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 46.7178001
  • Std. Longitude: -96.7149658
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 138 N
  • Range: 48 W
  • Section: 35
  • PLSS Details: 240 feet east and 160 feet north of the SW corner
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN027—Clay
  • MLRA: 56—Red River Valley of the North
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-FAR—Fargo, North Dakota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN027—Clay County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46096-F6—Comstock, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: unknown
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Very-fine, smectitic, frigid Typic Epiaquerts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Northcote
  • Classificaton Date - 2/14/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fargo
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, frigid Typic Epiaquerts
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 1/11/2011
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey lacustrine deposits
  • Landscape: glacial lake plain
  • Landform: flat
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/11/2011 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row 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

    0—46

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    Setting and Climate
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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) clay; strong medium subangular blocky, and strong fine subangular blocky structure; moderately sticky; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN175801
    A—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) clay; strong medium subangular blocky, and strong fine subangular blocky structure; moderately sticky; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN175802
    Bg1—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) clay; moderate very fine angular blocky structure; very sticky; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN175803
    Bg2—46 to 74 centimeters (18.1 to 29.1 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) clay; weak very fine angular blocky structure; very sticky; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN175804
    Bg3—74 to 99 centimeters (29.1 to 39.0 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; moderately sticky; 21 percent fine prominent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN175805
    Bg4—99 to 127 centimeters (39.0 to 50.0 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) clay; moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate very fine angular blocky structure; moderately sticky; 21 percent fine prominent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN175806
    Cg—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) clay; weak fine angular blocky structure; very sticky; 1 percent fine prominent masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 21 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 21 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 21 percent fine prominent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # MN175807