IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Smiley
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978MN113002
  • User Pedon ID: 78MN113002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 78P0601
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 46155
  • Print Date: 2/3/2025

    • 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: 48.0844460
  • Std. Longitude: -96.1452789
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 153N
  • Range: 43W
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: NE 1/4 SW 1/4, about 140 meters W and 305 meters S of center
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN113—Pennington

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. B. Heschke and H. R. Finney
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Typic Argiaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Smiley
  • PSC - 31 to 47 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Smiley
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, frigid Typic Argiaquoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1978
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plains
  • Landform: playa or alluvial flat
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—31

    31—47

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    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

    0

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    368

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    1Ap—0 to 31 centimeters (0.0 to 12.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior loam; weak coarse subangular blocky, and moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 78P03578
    1B2tg—31 to 47 centimeters (12.2 to 18.5 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) interior clay loam; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine prismatic, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 37 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P03579. 31 to 38 cm 78P3584 38 to 47 cm 78P3585; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine distinct 10YR44 mottles
    1C1g—47 to 61 centimeters (18.5 to 24.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) interior loam; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine prominent mottles; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky, and weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent fine irregular lime masses; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P03580. few fine soft masses of lime concentrations; few fine prominent 10YR44 mottles
    1C2g—61 to 88 centimeters (24.0 to 34.6 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) interior loam; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine prominent mottles; weak coarse prismatic, and weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 11 percent fine irregular lime masses; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P03581. common fine soft masses of lime concentrations; few fine prominent 10YR44 mottles
    1C3g—88 to 107 centimeters (34.6 to 42.1 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) interior loam; 11 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine prominent mottles; weak very coarse prismatic, and weak medium platy structure; friable; 1 percent fine irregular lime masses; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 78P03582. few fine soft masses of lime concentrations; common fine prominent 10YR44 mottles
    1C4g—107 to 153 centimeters (42.1 to 60.2 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) interior loam; 30 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) medium prominent mottles; weak coarse prismatic, and weak medium platy, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 78P03583. many medium prominent 2.5Y44 mottles