IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Madelia
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1971MN0431349
  • User Pedon ID: 71MN043(1349)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN1349
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49695
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 43.6510162
  • Std. Longitude: -94.0616379
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 102N
  • Range: 27W
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: NW1/4NE1/4SW1/4
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN043—Faribault
  • MLRA: 103—Central Iowa and Minnesota Till Prairies
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-ALB—Albert Lea, Minnesota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN043—Faribault County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43094-F1—Blue Earth, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Madelia
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/13/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Madelia
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, superactive, mesic Typic Endoaquolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/22/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 3
  • QA Status: level 3


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty and clayey lacustrine deposits
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/22/2010 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); 2.5Y 2/ (2.5Y 2/), silty clay loam; cloddy structure; friable, slightly sticky; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN134901
    A1—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN134902
    A2—36 to 48 centimeters (14.2 to 18.9 inches); 75 percent black (10YR 2/1) and 25 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN134903
    A3—48 to 53 centimeters (18.9 to 20.9 inches); 60 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and 40 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear smooth boundary.
    Bg1—53 to 66 centimeters (20.9 to 26.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky; 1 percent fine prominent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN134904
    Bg2—66 to 89 centimeters (26.0 to 35.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky; 21 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN134905
    BCg—89 to 104 centimeters (35.0 to 40.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky; 21 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN134906
    Cg1—104 to 124 centimeters (40.9 to 48.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky; 21 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear smooth boundary.
    Cg2—124 to 130 centimeters (48.8 to 51.2 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) silt loam; massive; friable, slightly sticky; 21 percent medium prominent olive yellow (2.5Y 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # MN134907