IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Anoka
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1961MN059001
  • User Pedon ID: S1961MN059001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1675
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 35283
  • 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: 45.4947128
  • Std. Longitude: -93.2579956
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 35N
  • Range: 23W
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: Southwest quarter of northwest quarter
  • Location Description: About 1 mile west of Isanti Village, 550 feet north of a point 300 feet east of east end of bridge over Rum River on county road 5 which runs along south side of Section 30.
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN059—Isanti
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN059—Isanti County, Minnesota
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Klaus Flach, R. S. Farnhum, R. H. Rust, and A. S. Robertson.
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Anoka
  • Classificaton Date - 9/15/1961
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/15/1961 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: wind erosion
  • 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

    2

    270

    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and brown (10YR 4/3) loamy fine sand; massive; loose; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13245
    A21—25 to 66 centimeters (9.8 to 26.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and brown (10YR 5/3) fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A13246. Streaks of light brownish gray (10YR 6/2).
    A22—66 to 91 centimeters (26.0 to 35.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine sand, very fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13247. Streaks of light brownish gray (10YR 6/2).
    B21—91 to 102 centimeters (35.8 to 40.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) fine sandy loam; massive; very hard, friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A13248. Few streaks of 10YR 2/2.
    B22—102 to 109 centimeters (40.2 to 42.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) fine sandy loam; 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) mottles; massive; hard, friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13249. Streaks of yellowish brown (10YR 5/4).
    A'2orC—109 to 127 centimeters (42.9 to 50.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and brown (10YR 5/3) fine sand, very fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A13250. One thin (1/2 inch) irregular band of dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) in middle of this horizon.
    B'2—127 to 137 centimeters (50.0 to 53.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and dark brown (10YR 3/3) loamy sand; massive; slightly hard, friable, weakly cemented; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A13251. Some streaks of yellowish brown (10YR 5/4).
    A''2orC—137 to 140 centimeters (53.9 to 55.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A13252
    B''2—140 to 142 centimeters (55.1 to 55.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) loamy fine sand; massive; slightly hard, friable; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A13253. Very thin seams of brown to yellowish brown (10YR 5/3 to 5/4).
    C1—142 to 178 centimeters (55.9 to 70.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sand, very fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments. Lab sample # 40A13254. A few 18 to 1/4-inch dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loamy sand bands in this horizon.