IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Vallers
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1900MN0292511
  • User Pedon ID: S1900MN0292511
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN2511
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47631
  • Print Date: 2/3/2025

    • 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: 47.9114494
  • Std. Longitude: -95.3664703
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 151N
  • Range: 37W
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: 2000 feet north and 500 feet west of the southeast corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN029—Clearwater
  • MLRA: 88—Northern Minnesota Glacial Lake Basins
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-BEM—Bemidji, Minnesota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN029—Clearwater County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 47095-H3—Berner NE, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Richard Rolling
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Typic Calciaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Unknown
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Vallers
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Roliss
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/22/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: gray till
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/22/1977 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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

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    90

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    Oa—0 to 0 centimeters (0.0 to 0.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) moderately decomposed plant material; very friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described;
    A1—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); black (N 2/), clay loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN251102; moist when described;
    A2—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); black (5Y 2.5/1) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN251103; moist when described;
    Bkg1—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); light gray (5Y 7/2) loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very friable; 1 percent fine light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-160-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN251104; moist when described;
    Bkg2—41 to 56 centimeters (16.1 to 22.0 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very friable; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-160-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN251105; moist when described;
    Cg—56 to 152 centimeters (22.0 to 59.8 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) loam; firm; 33 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-160-250 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6. Lab sample # MN251106; moist when described;