IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Menahga
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1961MN159001
  • User Pedon ID: S1961MN159001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1961MN159001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1686
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 35294
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 46.4783211
  • Std. Longitude: -94.7836075
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 135N
  • Range: 33W
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: Southwest quarter of southeast quarter of northeast quarter
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN159—Wadena
  • MLRA: 91—Wisconsin and Minnesota Sandy Outwash
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN159—Wadena County, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Klaus Flach, R. H. Rust, L. I. Harmon and A. S. Robertson.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, frigid Typic Udipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Menahga
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Menahga
  • Classificaton Date - 9/12/1961
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/12/1961 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ANGE

    PIBA2

    Andropogon gerardii

    Pinus banksiana

    big bluestem

    jack pine

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    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

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    135

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    Ao&A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) partially decomposed organic matter, loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; loose; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13350
    A3—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); 80 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and 20 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) loamy sand; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; loose; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A13351. Very thin seams of dark gray (10YR 4/1).
    B21—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) and brown (10YR 4/3) sand; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; loose; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A13352
    B22—25 to 48 centimeters (9.8 to 18.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sand; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; loose; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A13353
    B3—48 to 61 centimeters (18.9 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A13354
    C1—61 to 122 centimeters (24.0 to 48.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) sand; single grain; loose; fragments. Lab sample # 40A13355