IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rockwood
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1963MN111490
  • User Pedon ID: S1963MN111490
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL2
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN0490
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 82778
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 46.4866399
  • Std. Longitude: -95.1845550
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 135N
  • Range: 36W
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: SE1/4SW1/4
  • Location Description: Lat/Long estimated to put it in map unit polygon with correct aspect.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN111—Otter Tail
  • MLRA: 57—Northern Minnesota Gray Drift
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-FER—Fergus Falls, Minnesota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN111—Otter Tail County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46095-D2—Wadena, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Orville D. Friedrich
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Haplic Glossudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Rockwood
  • PSC - 56 to 106 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/15/2013
  • Classifier - Meredith Albers
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: lodgment till
  • Landscape: drumlin field
  • Landform: drumlin
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/3/1963 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and 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

    glossic horizon

    argillic horizon

    densic contact

    densic materials

    0—56

    28—56

    56—99

    56—122

    135—135

    135—183

    —56—

    —28—

    —43—

    —66—

    —-

    —48—
    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

    12

    —

    —

    —

    —

    180

    680

    —

    140

    5

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; many roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN500073
    EA—5 to 28 centimeters (2.0 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sandy loam; weak fine platy structure; very friable; many roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN500074
    E—28 to 56 centimeters (11.0 to 22.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) loamy sand; weak fine platy structure; very friable; few roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN500075
    E/B, E part—56 to 99 centimeters (22.0 to 39.0 inches); 65 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) loamy sand; weak coarse platy parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; few roots; sand coats on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN500076
    E/B, B part—56 to 99 centimeters (22.0 to 39.0 inches); 18 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and 17 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) sandy loam; weak coarse platy parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; few roots; sand coats on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; abrupt smooth boundary.
    Bt—99 to 122 centimeters (39.0 to 48.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy loam; moderate coarse platy parts to structureless massive; very firm; 60 percent clay films on all faces of peds and 60 percent clay films on surfaces along root channels; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN500077. massive with horizontal cleavage planes
    BC—122 to 135 centimeters (48.0 to 53.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy loam; weak coarse platy parts to structureless massive; firm; 2 percent clay films on surfaces along root channels; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN500078. massive with horizontal cleavage planes
    Cd—135 to 183 centimeters (53.1 to 72.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) sandy loam; structureless massive; friable; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # MN500079. massive with horizontal cleavage planes