IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Westoo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: B01MN137086
  • User Pedon ID: B01MN137086
  • Vegetation Plot ID: B01MN137086
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 02N0797
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 14885
  • 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: 47.2847214
  • Std. Longitude: -92.9586105
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 56N
  • Range: 21W
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: 550 feet north and 325 feet east of the southwest 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-C8—Riley, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Rokus, Risley
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Isotic, frigid Oxyaquic 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 Oxyaquic Udipsamments
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/30/2001
  • 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: shoulder
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/30/2001 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 455SW
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - conifers
  • 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

    ABBA

    PIGL

    Abies balsamea

    Picea glauca

    balsam fir

    white spruce

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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

    4

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    399

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    260

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) crushed loamy fine sand; weak fine granular, and weak medium granular structure; very friable; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Bw1—10 to 28 centimeters (3.9 to 11.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) loamy fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Bw2—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loamy fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Bw3—46 to 56 centimeters (18.1 to 22.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loamy fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 1 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    Bw4—56 to 74 centimeters (22.0 to 29.1 inches); fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 10 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    C1—74 to 178 centimeters (29.1 to 70.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) fine sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 30 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual wavy boundary.; observed in pit, small
    C2—178 to 203 centimeters (70.1 to 79.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) fine sand; single grain; loose; 1 percent medium distinct brown (7.5YR 5/4) masses of oxidized iron; fragments.; observed in auger, bucket