IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Markey
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1972MN069002
  • User Pedon ID: 72MN069002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1725
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 35883
  • Print Date: 1/27/2025

    • 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: 48.6033325
  • Std. Longitude: -96.4508362
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 159N
  • Range: 45W
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4, SW 1/4
  • Location Description: Kittson County, MN.
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN069—Kittson
  • MLRA: 56—Red River Valley of the North

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Barron, Nordin, Farnham, McKinzie, Lynn, Finney
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, euic, frigid Terric Borosaprists
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Markey
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, euic, frigid Terric Borosaprists
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1972
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1972 (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

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    323

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    51

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    3

    19

    -15

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    1Oa1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior and black (N 2/0) interior Error; weak fine crumb structure; very friable; 2.5 roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13658. 72L610; about 15% fiber; about 5% rubbed; herbaceous fiber; about 20% mineral material; common roots
    1Oe—8 to 30 centimeters (3.1 to 11.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) crushed and dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior hemic material; structureless massive; nonsticky; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13659. 72L611; about 60% fiber, about 25% rubbed; herbaceous fiber; about 15% mineral material
    1Oa2—30 to 107 centimeters (11.8 to 42.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) crushed Error; weak medium and coarse platy structure; nonsticky; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13660. 72L612; about 30% fiber, about 5% rubbed; herbaceous fiber; about 20% mineral material
    1Oa3—107 to 124 centimeters (42.1 to 48.8 inches); black (N 2/0) crushed Error; weak coarse angular blocky structure; slightly sticky; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13661. 72L613; about 15% fiber, about 5% rubbed; herbaceous fiber; about 40% mineral material in parts to as much as 60% in other parts
    2A1b—124 to 130 centimeters (48.8 to 51.2 inches); black (N 2/0) interior sandy loam; structureless massive; slightly sticky; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13662. 72L614
    2C—130 to 140 centimeters (51.2 to 55.1 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) interior loamy coarse sand; structureless massive; fragments. Lab sample # 40A13663. not sampled