IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kilkenny

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S1960MN131001

User Pedon ID: S1960MN131001

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 40A1677

User Project ID: 2029-3

Project Name: MLRA 103 - Ice Contact and Moraine Investigation

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: 44.3963814

Std. Longitude: -93.4835587

Datum: WGS84

Township: 111N

Range: 22W

Section: 28

PLSS Details: 1000 feet south and 200 feet east of the northwest corner NW1/4NE1/4

Location Description: Erin Township.

Country: US—United States

State: Minnesota

County: MN131—Rice

MLRA: 103—Central Iowa and Minnesota Till Prairies

Regional Office: NC—North Central

MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-ALB—Albert Lea, Minnesota

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN131—Rice County, Minnesota

PEDON

Describers Name: J. S. Allen, E. D. Rivers,. J. F. Cummins, C. Carlson, A. S. Robertson and R. H. Rust.

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Oxyaquic Hapludalfs

Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x

Pedon #: 1

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Kilkenny

PSC - 23 to 73 cm.

Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010

Moisture Class - udic

Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Erin

Classificaton Date - 8/1/1960

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: till

Landform: moraine

Slope Shape Across: convex

Drainage Class: well

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 9/29/2020 (entry creation date)

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods

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
10	—	—	—	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) and very dark gray (10YR 3/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13264

A2—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silt loam; moderate thin platy structure; very friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A13265. Silica coatings increase in amount in the lower part.

B1—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loam, clay loam; moderate and strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately plastic; very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dry, coats on faces of peds and very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry, coats on faces of peds and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry, coats on faces of peds and clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A13266. continuous - phpvsfiid 1757767; continuous - phpvsfiid 1757768; continuous - phpvsfiid 1757769; continuous - phpvsfiid 1757770; continuous - phpvsfiid 1757767; continuous - phpvsfiid 1757768; continuous - phpvsfiid 1757769; continuous - phpvsfiid 1757770

B21—36 to 61 centimeters (14.2 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) clay loam; angular blocky, and strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately plastic; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, coats on faces of peds and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry, coats on faces of peds and clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A13267. continuous - phpvsfiid 1757771; continuous - phpvsfiid 1757772; continuous - phpvsfiid 1757773; continuous - phpvsfiid 1757771; continuous - phpvsfiid 1757772; continuous - phpvsfiid 1757773

B22—61 to 84 centimeters (24.0 to 33.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) clay loam; strong medium and coarse angular blocky structure; firm, moderately plastic; very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, coats on faces of peds and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, coats on faces of peds and clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A13268. Some silica coatings.; continuous - phpvsfiid 1757776; continuous - phpvsfiid 1757777; continuous - phpvsfiid 1757778; continuous - phpvsfiid 1757776; continuous - phpvsfiid 1757777; continuous - phpvsfiid 1757778

B23—84 to 107 centimeters (33.1 to 42.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed and olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) crushed clay loam; moderate and strong medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm, moderately plastic; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, coats on faces of peds and clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13269. Some light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) to light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) silica coatings on some peds.; continuous - phpvsfiid 1757765; continuous - phpvsfiid 1757766; continuous - phpvsfiid 1757765; continuous - phpvsfiid 1757766

B3—107 to 150 centimeters (42.1 to 59.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) clay loam; 1 percent red (10R 5/6) fine prominent and 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate coarse prismatic structure; firm; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, coats on faces of peds and clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent iron-manganese concretions; rounded 2-39-75 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A13270. Many root channels filled with organic material.; continuous - phpvsfiid 1757775; continuous - phpvsfiid 1757774; continuous - phpvsfiid 1757775; continuous - phpvsfiid 1757774

C—150 to 165 centimeters (59.1 to 65.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) clay loam; 1 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine distinct mottles; massive; friable, moderately plastic; fine iron-manganese concretions; rounded 2-39-75 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A13271. Root channels coated or filled with waxy organic material.