IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rifle
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973MN137001
  • User Pedon ID: 73MN137001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1740
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 35898
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 47.2258339
  • Std. Longitude: -92.5777740
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 55N
  • Range: 18W
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: 100 feet S and 50 feet W of the NE corner of field No. 5, in the NE1/4 NW1/4
  • Location Description: St. Louis Co.
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN137—St. Louis

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R.S. Farnham and H.R. Finney
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Euic, frigid Typic Haplohemists
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Rifle
  • Classificaton Date - 7/30/2008
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rifle
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1973
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1973 (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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    402

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    71

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    3

    17

    -13

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    1Oap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior Error; weak very fine and fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13789. 73L607; about 20% fiber, about 5% rubbed; mostly herbaceous fiber with about 5% woody fiber; about 15% mineral material
    1Oe1—25 to 61 centimeters (9.8 to 24.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior and dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) interior and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior hemic material; weak fine platy structure; nonsticky; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13790. 73L608, 73L609, and 73L610; about 70% fiber, about 40% rubbed; mostly herbaceous fiber with a trace of woody fiber; about 8% mineral material
    1Oe2—61 to 71 centimeters (24.0 to 28.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior and black (10YR 2/1) interior hemic material; structureless massive; slightly sticky; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13791. 73L611; about 50% fiber, about 30% rubbed; about 75% herbaceous fiber and about 25% woody fiber; about 25% woody fragments as large as 10 cm across and 50 cm in length; about 15% mineral material
    1Oe3—71 to 130 centimeters (28.0 to 51.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior and very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior hemic material; structureless massive; nonsticky; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13792. 73L612 and 73L613; about 60% fiber, about 40% after rubbing; herbaceous fiber; about 10% mineral material
    1Oa2—130 to 165 centimeters (51.2 to 65.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior Error; structureless massive; slightly sticky; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13793. 73L614; about 40% fiber, about 15% rubbed; herbaceous fiber; about 20% mineral material
    1Oa3—165 to 185 centimeters (65.0 to 72.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior and very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior Error; structureless massive; slightly sticky; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13794. 73L615; about 20% fiber, about 10% rubbed; mostly herbaceous fiber with a trace of woody fiber; about 35% mineral material
    2Ab—185 to 191 centimeters (72.8 to 75.2 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) interior loam; structureless massive; slightly sticky; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13795. not sampled; noncalcareous
    2Cg—191 to 201 centimeters (75.2 to 79.1 inches); greenish gray (5GY 5/1) interior sandy loam, loam; structureless massive; slightly sticky; fragments. Lab sample # 40A13796. not sampled; noncalcareous