IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mora
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1963MN009002
  • User Pedon ID: 63MN009002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1734
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 35892
  • Print Date: 11/13/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 37N
  • Range: 29W
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: SW1/4 SW1/4 SW1/4
  • Location Description: Benton County, 300 feet N of E-W road, 40 feet E of fence line.
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN009—Benton

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W.W. Anderson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, frigid Aquic Fragiboralfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mora
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, frigid Aquic Fragiboralfs
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1963
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1963 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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
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    1Ap—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior and very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior loam; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13731. LSL18897; wormcasts are brown (10YR 5/3); few worm casts concentrations
    1A21—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior and dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior fine sandy loam; 11 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine distinct and 11 percent brown (10YR 4/3) fine faint mottles; weak and moderate fine and medium platy structure; very friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13732. LSL18898; common fine distinct 10YR44 mottles; common fine faint 10YR43 mottles
    1A22—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior fine sandy loam; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine faint and 11 percent brown (10YR 4/3) fine faint mottles; weak and moderate fine and medium platy structure; friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13733. LSL18899; common fine faint 10YR54 mottles; common fine faint 10YR43 mottles
    1B1—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior and reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior loam; 11 percent brown (7.5YR 5/2) fine faint and 11 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4) fine faint and 11 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/3) fine faint mottles; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A13734. LSL18900; common fine faint 7.5YR52 mottles; common fine faint 7.5YR54 mottles; common fine faint 5YR43 mottles
    1B21—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior and reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior and 10 percent reddish gray (5YR 5/2) interior sandy clay loam; 1 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) fine faint mottles; weak fine and medium platy structure; friable; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A13735. LSL18901; few fine faint 5YR34 mottles
    1B22—61 to 79 centimeters (24.0 to 31.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior and reddish brown (5YR 5/3) interior sandy clay loam; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) fine faint mottles; weak medium and coarse platy structure; friable; 15 percent faint , moist, clay films on upper surfaces of peds or rocks; fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A13736. LSL18902; few clay films surface features on upper surfaces of peds or stones; few fine faint 5YR46 mottles; patchy - phpvsfiid 213352; patchy - phpvsfiid 213352
    1C1x—79 to 122 centimeters (31.1 to 48.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) interior and reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior sandy loam; 1 percent reddish brown (5YR 5/3) coarse distinct mottles; strong fine and medium platy structure; friable; brittle; fragments; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A13737. LSL18903; few coarse distinct 5YR53 mottles
    1C2x—122 to 191 centimeters (48.0 to 75.2 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) interior and reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior sandy loam; moderate fine and medium platy structure; firm; brittle; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13738. LSL18904
    1C3—191 to 251 centimeters (75.2 to 98.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior sandy loam; strong medium platy, and structureless fine angular blocky structure; firm; brittle; fragments. Lab sample # 40A13739. LSL18905; slight effervescence with acid; sampled at 75- to 82-inch depth