IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lester
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1960MN171001
  • User Pedon ID: S1960MN171001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1681
  • User Project ID: 2029-3
  • Project Name: MLRA 103 - Ice Contact and Moraine Investigation
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 45.2569351
  • Std. Longitude: -93.9069061
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 121N
  • Range: 26W
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: 300 yards west or road intersection and 70 yards north of east-west road, southeast quarter of southwest quarter
  • Location Description: Maple Lake Township.
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN171—Wright
  • MLRA: 103—Central Iowa and Minnesota Till Prairies
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN171—Wright County, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. A. Allen, E. D. Rivers, R. J. Edwards, R. S. Farnhum, and R. H. Rust.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Mollic Oxyaquic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Lester
  • PSC - 18 to 68 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hayden
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1960
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: moraine
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.01 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/12/2019 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    aquic conditions

    0—18

    18—76

    97—145

    —18—

    —58—

    —48—
    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

    5

    —

    —

    —

    —

    315

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), black (10YR 2/1) and very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13311
    A21—8 to 13 centimeters (3.1 to 5.1 inches); 20 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), 80 percent gray (10YR 5/1) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loam; weak very thin platy structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13312
    A22—13 to 18 centimeters (5.1 to 7.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), gray (10YR 5/1) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loam; moderate thin platy structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A13313
    B21—18 to 43 centimeters (7.1 to 16.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; strong fine subangular blocky structure; firm; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, coats on faces of peds and dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, coats on faces of peds and clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A13314. continuous - phpvsfiid 1757701; continuous - phpvsfiid 1757702; continuous - phpvsfiid 1757703; continuous - phpvsfiid 1757701; continuous - phpvsfiid 1757702; continuous - phpvsfiid 1757703
    B22—43 to 76 centimeters (16.9 to 29.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic structure; firm; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, coats on faces of peds and very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, coats in root channels and/or pores and grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry, coats on faces of peds and distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds and clay films on horizontal faces of peds; 2-39-75 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A13315. A few horizontal seams 1 to 2 inches thick which are darker in color than the material above or below.; continuous - phpvsfiid 1757693; continuous - phpvsfiid 1757694; continuous - phpvsfiid 1757695; continuous - phpvsfiid 1757696; patchy - phpvsfiid 1757697; continuous - phpvsfiid 1757693; continuous - phpvsfiid 1757694; continuous - phpvsfiid 1757695; continuous - phpvsfiid 1757696; patchy - phpvsfiid 1757697
    C1—76 to 97 centimeters (29.9 to 38.2 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) clay loam, sandy clay loam, sand; massive; weakly cemented; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organic stains on faces of peds and 75 percent red (10R 5/6), moist, iron stains on faces of peds and 75 percent dark red (10R 3/6), moist, iron stains on faces of peds; 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A13316. Frequent small limestone and granitic pebbles.
    Cu—97 to 112 centimeters (38.2 to 44.1 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) and olive gray (5Y 5/2) sandy clay loam; moderate very fine and fine angular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A13317. Frequent small granitic pebbles.
    C2—112 to 145 centimeters (44.1 to 57.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) clay loam; 21 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 7/6) medium prominent mottles; massive; friable; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A13318. Horizontal cleavage.