IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Arvilla
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1978MN067129 (2655)
  • User Pedon ID: 1978MN067129 (2655)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN2655
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47914
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 45.3431129
  • Std. Longitude: -94.9169464
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 122 N.
  • Range: 34 W.
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: 930 ft N and 2600 ft W of SE corner
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN067—Kandiyohi
  • MLRA: 91A—Central Minnesota Sandy Outwash
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN067—Kandiyohi County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 45094-C8—New London, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: A. Giencke
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, frigid Calcic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Arvilla
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/6/2013
  • Classifier - T. Neuenfeldt
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Estherville
  • Classificaton Date - 7/14/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy glaciofluvial deposits over sandy and gravelly outwash
  • Landscape: outwash plain
  • Landform: rise
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/14/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • 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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    calcic horizon

    0—33

    61—84

    —33—

    —23—
    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

    1

    —

    —

    —

    —

    700

    —

    150

    6

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    —

    —

    —

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; coarse sandy loam; weak very fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; friable; 2.0 fine roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN265501
    A—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN265502
    Bw1—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) coarse sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 fine roots; 8 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN265503
    2Bw2—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) loamy coarse sand; loose; 0.1 fine roots; 34 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN265504
    2Bk—61 to 84 centimeters (24.0 to 33.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) coarse sand; loose; 25 percent coarse distinct irregular moderately coherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, carbonate concretions with clear boundaries on bottom of rock fragments; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN265505
    2C—84 to 152 centimeters (33.1 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) gravelly coarse sand; loose; 30 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6. Lab sample # MN265505