IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lerdal
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1954MN047138A
  • User Pedon ID: S1954MN047138A
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2040
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36198
  • User Project ID: 2027-2
  • Project Name: MLRA 103 - Ice Contact and Moraine Investigation
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 43.7258301
  • Std. Longitude: -93.3038254
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 103N
  • Range: 21W
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: near south center of the NW1/4
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN047—Freeborn
  • MLRA: 103—Central Iowa and Minnesota Till Prairies
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN047—Freeborn County, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: A. H. Paschall
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 138
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lerdal
  • Classificaton Date - 7/2/1954
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: till
  • Landscape: upland
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/29/2020 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Setting and Climate
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    A11—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silt loam; weak and moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A16238
    A2—18 to 23 centimeters (7.1 to 9.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silt loam; weak medium platy structure; friable; fragments smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A16239
    B1—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay loam; moderate very fine angular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A16240
    B21—41 to 51 centimeters (16.1 to 20.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed silty clay loam; moderate fine angular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, unspecified smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A16241
    B22—51 to 64 centimeters (20.1 to 25.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; moderate fine angular blocky structure; moderately sticky; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A16242
    B23—64 to 89 centimeters (25.2 to 35.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; very firm; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A16243. White streaks 5Y 8/1 and olive 5Y 5/6 spots.
    B3—89 to 140 centimeters (35.0 to 55.1 inches); pale olive (5Y 6/3) silt loam; 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct and 21 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) fine distinct mottles; firm; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A16244. Auger boring.
    C1—140 to 183 centimeters (55.1 to 72.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) and light olive gray (5Y 6/2) silt loam; firm; fragments; very slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A16245
    183 to 213 centimeters (72.0 to 83.9 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A16246. No description.