IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Minnetonka
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1969MN013012
  • User Pedon ID: 69MN013012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1731
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 35889
  • 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: 44.1166649
  • Std. Longitude: -93.9499969
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 108N
  • Range: 26W
  • Section: 34
  • PLSS Details: SE1/4 of SW1/4, about 200 feet N and 100 feet W of SE corner of the SE1/4.
  • Location Description: Blue Earth Co.
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN013—Blue Earth

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R.J. Edwards and H.R. Finney
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Typic Argiaquolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 12
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Minnetonka
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Typic Argiaquolls
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1969
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1969 (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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    1

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    305

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    71

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    8

    22

    -9

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    1Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior, dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior, dry; silty clay loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13707. 69B840; common roots
    1A12—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior silty clay loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 roots; 15 percent faint , moist, coats on faces of peds; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13708. 69B841; some horizontal cleavage; few coats surface features on faces of peds; common roots
    1A13—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior and very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) interior silty clay loam; moderate and strong very fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, coats; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13709. 69B842
    1B21tg—48 to 61 centimeters (18.9 to 24.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior silty clay loam; 11 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine distinct mottles; strong very fine and fine subangular blocky, and strong very fine and fine angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 37 percent faint black (10YR 2/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 37 percent faint very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13710. 69B843; about 2% coarse fragments, mostly shale; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common fine distinct 2.5Y54 mottles
    1B22tg—61 to 79 centimeters (24.0 to 31.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior and very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) interior silty clay loam; 11 percent dark olive gray (5Y 3/2) fine distinct and 11 percent olive (5Y 5/4) fine distinct mottles; weak fine and medium prismatic, and moderate and strong very fine and fine subangular blocky, and moderate and strong very fine and fine angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 15 percent faint , moist, coats on faces of peds and 55 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 55 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13711. 69B844; about 2% coarse fragments, mostly shale; many clay films surface features on faces of peds; many clay films surface features on faces of peds; few coats surface features on faces of peds; common fine distinct 5Y32 mottles; common fine distinct 5Y54 mottles
    1B23tg—79 to 102 centimeters (31.1 to 40.2 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) interior and olive gray (5Y 5/2) interior clay; 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium and coarse prismatic, and moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 15 percent faint , moist, coats on faces of peds and 55 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 55 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13712. 69B845; many clay films surface features on faces of peds; many clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; few coats surface features on faces of peds; few fine distinct 2.5Y54 mottles
    2B3tg—102 to 122 centimeters (40.2 to 48.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) interior and olive (5Y 5/4) interior clay loam; 11 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine faint mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 15 percent faint very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent faint black (10YR 2/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13713. 69B846; few thick black (10YR 2/1) clay fillings in root channels; about 5% coarse fragments; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; common fine faint 2.5Y54 mottles
    2C1g—122 to 137 centimeters (48.0 to 53.9 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) interior clay loam; 30 percent olive (5Y 5/3) fine distinct and 30 percent olive (5Y 5/6) fine distinct and 30 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine distinct mottles; structureless massive; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13714. 69B847; few thick black (10YR 2/1) clay fillings in old root channels; about 5% coarse fragments; many fine distinct 5Y53 mottles; many fine distinct 5Y56 mottles; many fine distinct 2.5Y54 mottles
    2C2g—137 to 168 centimeters (53.9 to 66.1 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A13715. 69B848; similar to the C1 horizon above except for loam texture and common fine soft lime masses