IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Itasca
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1982MN061001
User Pedon ID:
82MN061001
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
83P0640
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
52877
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:
47.1841660
Std. Longitude:
-93.6038895
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
54N
Range:
26W
Section:
2
PLSS Details:
482 meters W and 385 meters N from SE corner
Location Description:
Itasca County, MN. 4.8 km S and 6.4 km W of Grand Rapids.
State:
Minnesota
County:
MN061—Itasca
PEDON
Current Taxonomic Class:
Coarse-loamy, montmorillonitic Aridic Eutroboralfs
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Type:
OSD pedon
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
Converted from SSL-CMS data
Pedon #:
1
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Itasca
Classificaton Date -
11/30/2007
Moisture Class -
udic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Itasca
Taxonomic Class -
Coarse-loamy, mixed Glossic Eutroboralf
Taxon Kind -
series
Classificaton Date -
10/1/1982
Moisture Class -
udic
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Landscape:
upland
Landform:
mesa or butte
Runoff:
medium
Drainage Class:
well
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
10/1/1982 (actual site observation date)
Surface Cover Properties:
Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 -
tree cover
Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 -
intermixed conifers and hardwoods
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
12
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Oe—0 to 9 centimeters (0.0 to 3.5 inches); partially decomposed organic matter; fragments. Lab sample # 83P03142. Oganic litter, mainly leaves and twigs.
E—9 to 14 centimeters (3.5 to 5.5 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, light gray (10YR 7/1) interior, dry; silt loam; weak very fine crumb, and weak very fine platy structure; very friable; 5.5 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P03143. many roots
Bw—14 to 39 centimeters (5.5 to 15.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior, very pale brown (10YR 7/4) interior, dry; silt loam; weak fine platy, and weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 5.5 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P03144. many roots
E'—39 to 50 centimeters (15.4 to 19.7 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 5.5 roots; 2.5 vesicular pores; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P03145. many roots
2E/B—50 to 78 centimeters (19.7 to 30.7 inches); 80 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior and 20 percent brown (10YR 4/3) interior and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium angular blocky structure; very friable; 5.5 roots; 2.5 vesicular pores; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P03146. many roots
2B/E—78 to 88 centimeters (30.7 to 34.6 inches); 70 percent brown (10YR 4/3) interior and 30 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior fine sandy loam; weak medium and coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 2.5 roots; dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds and brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P03147. common roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 216191; patchy - phpvsfiid 216192; patchy - phpvsfiid 216191; patchy - phpvsfiid 216192
2Bt1—88 to 113 centimeters (34.6 to 44.5 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior fine sandy loam; weak medium and coarse angular blocky, and weak fine platy structure; firm; 2.5 roots; 15 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), moist, clay films and 55 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 83P03148. many clay films surface features on faces of peds; few clay films surface features; common roots
2Bt2—113 to 136 centimeters (44.5 to 53.5 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior fine sandy loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak very coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 2.5 roots; 15 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), moist, clay films and 37 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 83P03149. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few clay films surface features; common roots; few fine distinct 7.5YR56 mottles
2C—136 to 177 centimeters (53.5 to 69.7 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior fine sandy loam; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; weak fine and medium platy structure; friable; 0.5 roots; 1 percent threadlike carbonate concretions; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 83P03150. Few light gray (10YR 7/2) lime threads.; few lime concretions concentrations; few roots; few fine prominent 5YR58 mottles