IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Westoo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: B01MN137083
  • User Pedon ID: B01MN137083
  • Vegetation Plot ID: B01MN137083
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 02N0796
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 14884
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 47.3227768
  • Std. Longitude: -92.8075027
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 56N
  • Range: 19W
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: 1200 feet south and 550 feet east of the northwest corner
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN137—St. Louis
  • MLRA: 88—Northern Minnesota Glacial Lake Basins
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN619—St. Louis County, Minnesota, Meadowlands Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 47092-C7—Little Swan, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Tuve, Rosek
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Isotic, frigid Aquic Udipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Westoo
  • Taxonomic Class - Isotic, frigid Aquic Udipsamments
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/2001
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: eolian sands
  • Landform: dune
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/2001 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 456NE
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • 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

    LYOB

    POTR5

    PTERI

    Lycopodium obscurum

    Populus tremuloides

    Pteridium

    rare clubmoss

    quaking aspen

    brackenfern

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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

    3

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    399

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    300

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    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); fine sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    BA—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); loamy fine sand; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—28 to 48 centimeters (11.0 to 18.9 inches); loamy fine sand; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—48 to 69 centimeters (18.9 to 27.2 inches); loamy fine sand; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent fine distinct irregular light brown (7.5YR 6/3) masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Cg1—69 to 117 centimeters (27.2 to 46.1 inches); loamy very fine sand; massive; friable; 5 percent coarse prominent platy strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent coarse prominent irregular brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Cg2—117 to 203 centimeters (46.1 to 79.9 inches); loamy very fine sand; massive; friable; 5 percent medium prominent platy moderately coherent cemented red (2.5YR 4/6) iron-manganese masses and 10 percent fine faint irregular light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions throughout and 10 percent coarse prominent irregular strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments.; observed in auger, bucket