IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Waskish
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973MN137002
  • User Pedon ID: 73MN137002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1755
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 35913
  • Print Date: 4/23/2025

    • 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: 46.9269447
  • Std. Longitude: -92.7216644
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 51N
  • Range: 19W
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: about 100 feet N of the SE corner
  • Location Description: St. Louis County, MN. About 9 miles E of Floodwood.
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN137—St. Louis

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Bruns, Day, Dunnigan, Farnham, Finney, Levesque
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Dysic, frigid Typic Sphagnofibrists
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Waskish
  • Classificaton Date - 7/30/2008
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Waskish
  • 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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    404

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    71

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    4

    18

    -13

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    1Oi1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior and light gray (10YR 7/1) crushed Error; structureless massive; nonsticky; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A13918. about 95% fiber, about 90% rubbed; sphagnum moss fiber; about 5% woody fragments; about 5% mineral material
    1Oe1—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) crushed hemic material; structureless massive; nonsticky; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A13919. about 40% fiber, about 20% rubbed; mostly herbaceous fiber with about 10% woody fiber; about 10% mineral material
    1Oi2—13 to 18 centimeters (5.1 to 7.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior and pale brown (10YR 6/3) crushed and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior Error; structureless massive; nonsticky; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A13920. about 90% fiber, about 70% rubbed; sphagnum moss fiber; about 5% woody fragments; about 5% mineral material
    1Oa1—18 to 23 centimeters (7.1 to 9.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) crushed Error; structureless massive; slightly sticky; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A13921. about 30% fiber, about 15% rubbed; mixed sphagnum moss, herbaceous, and woody fiber; about 15% mineral material
    1Oi3—23 to 112 centimeters (9.1 to 44.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior and brown (7.5YR 5/4) crushed Error; structureless massive; nonsticky; fragments; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A13922. 73L616; about 95% fiber, about 90% rubbed; sphagnum moss fiber; about 1% woody fragments; about 5% mineral material
    1Oa2—112 to 117 centimeters (44.1 to 46.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) crushed Error; structureless massive; slightly sticky; fragments; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A13923. 73L617; about 40% fiber, about 15% rubbed; mostly sphagnum moss fiber with some woody and herbaceous fiber; about 10% mineral material
    1Oi4—117 to 224 centimeters (46.1 to 88.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior and brown (7.5YR 5/4) crushed Error; structureless massive; nonsticky; fragments; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 40A13924. 73L618; about 95% fiber, about 90% rubbed; sphagnum moss fiber; trace of woody fragments and fiber; about 5% mineral materials
    1Oe2—224 to 244 centimeters (88.2 to 96.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) crushed hemic material; structureless massive; nonsticky; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A13925. about 40% fiber, about 20% rubbed; herbaceous fiber with about 2% woody fiber and fragments; about 10% mineral material
    1Oe3—244 to 508 centimeters (96.1 to 200.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior; structureless massive; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A13926. 73L619, 73L620, and 73L621; about 60% fiber, about 30% rubbed; mostly herbaceous fiber with about 3% woody fiber and fragments; about 8% mineral material
    1Oi5—508 to 559 centimeters (200.0 to 220.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) crushed and brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior Error; structureless massive; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A13927. 73L622; about 80% fiber, about 60% rubbed; about 80% herbaceous fiber and about 20% hypnum moss fiber; about 5% mineral material
    1Lco—559 to 574 centimeters (220.1 to 226.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) crushed coprogenous earth; structureless massive; nonsticky; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A13928. about 10% herbaceous detritus; about 60% mineral material
    2C1g—574 to 584 centimeters (226.0 to 229.9 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) interior silt loam; structureless massive; slightly sticky; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13929. not sampled; noncalcareous
    2C2g—584 to 594 centimeters (229.9 to 233.9 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) interior loam, very fine sand; structureless massive; slightly sticky; fragments. Lab sample # 40A13930. not sampled; noncalcareous