IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Roscommon
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: B00MN137068
  • User Pedon ID: B00MN137068
  • Vegetation Plot ID: B00MN137068
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 02N0811
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 14899
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 47.4030495
  • Std. Longitude: -92.7188187
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 57N
  • Range: 19W
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: 800 feet north and 2300 feet east of the southwest corner
  • Map Unit: B68A—Roscommon, depressional-Roscommon complex, 0 to 1 percent slopes
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN137—St. Louis
  • MLRA: 93—Superior Stony and Rocky Loamy Plains and Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN621—St. Louis County, Minnesota, Virginia Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 47092-D6—Kirk, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: McCormick
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, frigid Mollic Psammaquents
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Roscommon
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, frigid Mollic Psammaquents
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/28/2000
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: outwash over silty glaciolacustrine deposits
  • Landform: lake plain
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/28/2000 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 417SW
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    PIBA2

    ALRU3

    SALIX

    CAREX

    CHCA2

    Pinus banksiana

    Alnus rugosa

    Salix

    Carex

    Chamaedaphne calyculata

    jack pine

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    willow

    sedge

    leatherleaf

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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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    411

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    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) crushed loamy sand; weak medium granular structure; friable; 1 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bg1—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2) loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 40 percent coarse prominent irregular yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; 1 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bg2—28 to 71 centimeters (11.0 to 28.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 5 percent coarse distinct platy gray (5Y 5/1), moist, iron depletions and 40 percent coarse prominent irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; 2 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    BCg—71 to 112 centimeters (28.0 to 44.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) coarse sand; single grain; loose; 1 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary.; wet when described; observed in auger, bucket
    Cg1—112 to 152 centimeters (44.1 to 59.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) coarse sand; single grain; loose; fragments; clear wavy boundary.; wet when described; observed in auger, bucket
    2Cg2—152 to 178 centimeters (59.8 to 70.1 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) silt loam; massive; firm; 10 percent coarse prominent irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; clear wavy boundary.; wet when described; observed in auger, bucket
    2Cg3—178 to 203 centimeters (70.1 to 79.9 inches); dark greenish gray (5GY 4/1) silt loam; massive; firm; fragments; slight effervescence.; wet when described; observed in push tube