IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Menahga
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1961MN159002
  • User Pedon ID: S1961MN159002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1961MN159002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1687
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 35295
  • 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: 46.5563774
  • Std. Longitude: -94.7850037
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 136N
  • Range: 33W
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: 0.25 mile west and 400 feet south of the northeast corner
  • Location Description: Lyons Township. A trail leads directly into this site from the road along the north line of Sec. 36.
  • 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 #: 2
  • 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

  • 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

    PIBA2

    Pinus banksiana

    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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    90

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    A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) loamy sand; weak and moderate fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13356
    A3—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and dark brown (10YR 3/3) sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; loose; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13357
    B21—10 to 28 centimeters (3.9 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, loose; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A13358
    B22—28 to 53 centimeters (11.0 to 20.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, loose; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A13359
    B3—53 to 71 centimeters (20.9 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A13360
    C1—71 to 132 centimeters (28.0 to 52.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sand; single grain; loose; fragments. Lab sample # 40A13361. Sampled taken from 28 to 48-inch zone.
    C2—132 to 173 centimeters (52.0 to 68.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and pale brown (10YR 6/3) sand; single grain; loose; fragments. Lab sample # 40A13362. Not sampled.
    C3—173 to 178 centimeters (68.1 to 70.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) loamy sand, sandy loam; fragments. Lab sample # 40A13363. Not sampled.
    C4—178 centimeters (70.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sand; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium faint mottles; single grain; loose; fragments; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 40A13364. Not sampled.