IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sverdrup
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987MN051001
  • User Pedon ID: 87MN051001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0576
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59871
  • Print Date: 1/31/2025

    • 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: 45.9963875
  • Std. Longitude: -95.8713913
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 129N
  • Range: 41W
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4 of the SW 1/4
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN051—Grant
  • MLRA: 102A—Rolling Till Prairie

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Gorton, Yeck, DeMartalaere
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sverdrup
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed Udic Haploborolls
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1987
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1987 (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
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    1Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior, dry; sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak very fine and fine granular structure; friable; 2.5 fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P03026. Less than 1% coarse fragments less than 76 mm.; common fine roots
    1A—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak very fine and fine granular structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03027. Less than 1% coarse fragments less than 76 mm.; few fine roots
    1Bw1—36 to 46 centimeters (14.2 to 18.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03028. Less than 1% coarse fragments less than 76 mm.; few very fine roots
    1Bw2—46 to 64 centimeters (18.1 to 25.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior loamy sand; single grain; loose; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03029. Less than 1% coarse fragments less than 76 mm.; few very fine roots
    1Bw3—64 to 239 centimeters (25.2 to 94.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior sand; single grain; loose; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P03030. Less than 1% coarse fragments less than 76 mm.
    1BC—94 to 102 centimeters (37.0 to 40.2 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) interior very gravelly loamy coarse sand; single grain; loose; fragments. Lab sample # 87P03031. 20-35% coarse fragments less than 76 mm.
    1C—102 to 127 centimeters (40.2 to 50.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior coarse sand; single grain; loose; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 87P03032. 10-15% coarse fragments less than 76 mm.