IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kasson

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S1963MN0491276

User Pedon ID: S1963MN0491276

User Site Association ID: NC-WAV_Kasson_Pedons

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1

Lab Pedon # - UMN1276

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48993

Print Date: 4/27/2025

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: 44.1974924

Std. Longitude: -92.8931299

Datum: WGS84

Township: 109N

Range: 17W

Section: 31

PLSS Details: SE1/4SE1/4SE1/4

Country: US—United States

State: Minnesota

County: MN049—Goodhue

MLRA: 104—Eastern Iowa and Minnesota Till Prairies

Regional Office: 11—Indianapolis, IN

MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-WAV—Waverly, Iowa

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN049—Goodhue County, Minnesota

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44092-B8—West Concord, Minnesota

PEDON

Describers Name: George Poch, Gren Harms

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Mollic Oxyaquic Hapludalfs

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name

Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site

Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC

Pedon #: 1

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Kasson

Classificaton Date - 11/7/1963

Classifier - George Poch

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Kasson

Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Mollic Oxyaquic Hapludalfs

Taxon Kind - series

Classificaton Date - 11/7/1963

Classifier - George Poch

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

Certification Status: not certified

QC Status: not reviewed

QA Status: not reviewed

SITE

Parent Material: loess over Iowan loamy till

Landscape: till plain upland

Slope Shape Across: convex

Slope Shape Down: convex

Drainage Class: moderately well

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 11/7/1963 (actual site observation date)

Data Collector: George Poch

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Drained? - no

Bedded Soil? - no

Forest Plantation? - no

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
3	—	—	—	—	0	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; weak fine granular, and weak medium granular, and moderate fine granular, and moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN127601

BE—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN127602

Bt1—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky, and moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN127603

Bt2—38 to 51 centimeters (15.0 to 20.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) clay loam; weak very fine subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky, and moderate very fine subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN127604

2Bt3—51 to 61 centimeters (20.1 to 24.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent fine distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix; ; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN127605

2Bt4—61 to 84 centimeters (24.0 to 33.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and strong fine subangular blocky, and strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 26 percent distinct silt coats on vertical faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN127606. continuous - phpvsfiid 740947; continuous - phpvsfiid 740947

2Bt5—84 to 107 centimeters (33.1 to 42.1 inches); variegated yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 26 percent distinct sand coats on vertical faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN127607. continuous - phpvsfiid 740948; continuous - phpvsfiid 740948

2BC—107 to 132 centimeters (42.1 to 52.0 inches); variegated grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and weak coarse subangular blocky, and moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 26 percent distinct sand coats on vertical faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN127608. continuous - phpvsfiid 740949; continuous - phpvsfiid 740949

2C1—132 to 211 centimeters (52.0 to 83.1 inches); variegated grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay loam; massive; firm; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN127609

2C2—211 to 254 centimeters (83.1 to 100.0 inches); variegated strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay loam; massive; firm; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n.