IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): HIBBING
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: B64MN137053
  • User Pedon ID: B64MN137053
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1718
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 35876
  • Print Date: 4/24/2025

    • 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: 47.4449959
  • Std. Longitude: -92.6699295
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 57N
  • Range: 18W
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: 980 feet west and 180 feet north of the southeast corner
  • Map Unit: B29B—Hibbing-Buhl complex, 1 to 8 percent slopes
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN137—St. Louis
  • MLRA: 88—Northern Minnesota Glacial Lake Basins
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN621—St. Louis County, Minnesota, Virginia Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 47092-D6—Kirk, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: LEWIS, SCILLEY, FARNHAM
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active, frigid Oxyaquic Glossudalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - HIBBING
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, active, frigid Oxyaquic Glossudalfs
  • Classificaton Date - 8/27/1964
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine till
  • Landform: till plain
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/27/1964 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 417NE
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Site Soil Temperature
    Site Obs. Date Depth Sensor Kind Temperature
    cm C

    8/27/1964

    8/27/1964

    8/27/1964

    8/27/1964

    165

    100

    75

    50

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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

    2

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    424

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    200

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    O—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); partially decomposed organic matter; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Undecomposed leaves, roots, and twigs.
    E—5 to 18 centimeters (2.0 to 7.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; moderate medium platy structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, pH meter 1:2 calcium chloride; abrupt wavy boundary.
    BW—18 to 23 centimeters (7.1 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; weak medium platy structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH meter 1:2 calcium chloride; abrupt smooth boundary.
    E'—23 to 28 centimeters (9.1 to 11.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; moderate thin platy structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, pH meter 1:2 calcium chloride; abrupt wavy boundary.
    E/B—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) exterior; fragments.
    E/B—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior silty clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH meter 1:2 calcium chloride; clear wavy boundary.
    BT1—41 to 58 centimeters (16.1 to 22.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, pH meter 1:2 calcium chloride; gradual smooth boundary.
    BT2—58 to 81 centimeters (22.8 to 31.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) clay; strong fine angular blocky structure; very firm; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH meter 1:2 calcium chloride; gradual smooth boundary.
    BT3—81 to 102 centimeters (31.9 to 40.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3) clay; weak medium angular blocky structure; very firm; organic stains on vertical faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, pH meter 1:2 calcium chloride; gradual smooth boundary.
    BC—102 to 127 centimeters (40.2 to 50.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3) clay; weak fine angular blocky structure; very firm; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, pH meter 1:2 calcium chloride; diffuse smooth boundary.
    CD1—127 to 157 centimeters (50.0 to 61.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3) and brown (7.5YR 5/4) clay; massive; very firm; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, pH meter 1:2 calcium chloride; gradual irregular boundary.
    CD2—157 to 170 centimeters (61.8 to 66.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3) and brown (7.5YR 5/4) clay; massive; very firm; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, pH meter 1:2 calcium chloride.