IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lester
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1960MN171002
  • User Pedon ID: S1960MN171002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1682
  • User Project ID: 2029-3
  • Project Name: MLRA 103 - Ice Contact and Moraine Investigation
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 45.1737840
  • Std. Longitude: -93.9211700
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 120N
  • Range: 26W
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: 80 yards east of quarter line and 230 yards north of black top road, southeast quarter of northwest quarter
  • Location Description: Chatham 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. S. Allen, E. D. Rivers, R. H. Rust, R. S. Farnham, A. S. Robertson and R. J. Edwards.
  • 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 #: 2
  • 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 - 7/2/1960
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: moraine
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.05 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/12/2019 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    0—18

    25—81

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    —56—
    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

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    270

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) loam; weak very fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13319
    A2—5 to 18 centimeters (2.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and dark gray (10YR 4/1), grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; loam; weak thin platy structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13320
    A2&B—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) loam, clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry, coats on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13321. Coatings are silica.; continuous - phpvsfiid 1757712; continuous - phpvsfiid 1757712
    B21—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay loam; strong fine subangular blocky structure; firm; light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry, coats on faces of peds and distinct clay films on faces of peds; 2-39-75 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13322. Coatings are silica; clay films cover all ped faces.; continuous - phpvsfiid 1757704; continuous - phpvsfiid 1757705; continuous - phpvsfiid 1757704; continuous - phpvsfiid 1757705
    B22—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and brown (10YR 4/3) clay loam; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry, coats on faces of peds and distinct clay films on faces of peds; 2-39-75 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A13323. Coatings are silica; clay films cover all ped faces.; continuous - phpvsfiid 1757706; continuous - phpvsfiid 1757707; continuous - phpvsfiid 1757706; continuous - phpvsfiid 1757707
    B23—56 to 81 centimeters (22.0 to 31.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) clay loam; weak and moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate and strong medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; prominent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains in root channels and/or pores and distinct clay films on faces of peds; 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A13324. continuous - phpvsfiid 1757711; continuous - phpvsfiid 1757711
    C1—81 to 99 centimeters (31.9 to 39.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) loam; massive; friable; 10 percent red (2.5YR 5/6), moist, iron stains on faces of peds; 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13325. Gravels are common.
    C2—99 to 140 centimeters (39.0 to 55.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) loam; massive; friable; 10 percent light red (2.5YR 6/6), moist, iron stains on faces of peds; 2-39-75 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments and 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A13326. Gravels are common.