IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Becida

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S1963MN111408

User Pedon ID: S1963MN111408

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes

Lab Source ID - UMNSSL2

Lab Pedon # - UMN0408

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 82773

Print Date: 11/12/2024

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: 46.5144226

Std. Longitude: -95.1645341

Datum: WGS84

Township: 135N

Range: 36W

Section: 12

PLSS Details: SW1/4 of SE1/4

Country: US—United States

State: Minnesota

County: MN111—Otter Tail

MLRA: 57—Northern Minnesota Gray Drift

Regional Office: NC—North Central

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN111—Otter Tail County, Minnesota

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46095-F2—Sebeka NW, Minnesota

PEDON

Describers Name: Orville D. Friedrich

Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Typic Glossaqualfs

Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct

Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series

Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site

Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Becida

PSC - 46 to 97 cm.

Classificaton Date - 4/5/2013

Classifier - Meredith Albers

Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition

Moisture Class - aquic

Moisture Subclass - typic

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: yes

Certification Status: certified

QC Status: level 1

QA Status: level 2

SITE

Parent Material: coarse-loamy lodgment till

Landscape: drumlin field

Landform: drumlin

Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope

Drainage Class: poorly

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 9/10/1963 (actual site observation date)

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods

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
ochric epipedon albic horizon redox depletions with chroma 2 or less redox concentrations glossic horizon argillic horizon densic contact densic materials	0—31 5—31 18—71 18—71 31—71 46—97 97—97 97—122	—31— —26— —53— —53— —40— —51— —- —25—

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	—	—	—	—	135	680	—	135	5	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) loam; moderate fine granular, and moderate medium granular structure; friable; many roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN500042; moist when described;. includes 3/4 inch turf

E1—5 to 18 centimeters (2.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) sandy loam; weak coarse platy parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; common roots; 30 percent medium prominent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, iron-manganese concretions and 30 percent medium prominent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, iron depletions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN500043; moist when described;. numerous course cobbles and gravel

E2—18 to 31 centimeters (7.1 to 12.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) sandy loam; weak coarse platy parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; common roots; 5 percent sand coats on vertical faces of peds; 40 percent medium prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN500044; moist when described;. some mottles in 10YR colors

E/B—33 to 33 centimeters (13.0 to 13.0 inches); 65 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and 20 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and 15 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) loamy sand, sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; common roots; 25 percent sand coats on vertical faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN500045; moist when described;. B is finely broken up and surrounded by E (formerly A2). 10YR color include mottles.

B/E—46 to 71 centimeters (18.1 to 28.0 inches); 45 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and 25 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and 20 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) loamy sand, sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; common roots; 25 percent sand coats on vertical faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN500046; moist when described;

Bt—71 to 97 centimeters (28.0 to 38.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) sandy loam; weak very coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; few roots; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on surfaces along root channels; dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, iron depletions on surfaces along root channels; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN500047; moist when described;. structure recorded as massive, changed to weak very coarse subangular blocky due to presence of clay films

BCd—97 to 107 centimeters (38.2 to 42.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) sandy loam; structureless massive; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described;. massive structure with weak horizontal cleavage.

Cd—107 to 122 centimeters (42.1 to 48.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) sandy loam; structureless massive; friable; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # MN500049; moist when described;. massive structure with weak horizontal cleavage.