IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Arvilla
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1965MN041877
  • User Pedon ID: S1965MN041877
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL2
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN0877
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 82784
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 45.8059400
  • Std. Longitude: -95.3455110
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 127N
  • Range: 37W
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: 1235 feet north and 178 feet east of the southwest corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN041—Douglas
  • MLRA: 91A—Central Minnesota Sandy Outwash
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-FER—Fergus Falls, Minnesota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN041—Douglas County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 45095-G3—Forada, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Donald E. DeMartelaere
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, frigid Calcic Hapludolls
  • 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 - Arvilla
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/7/2013
  • Classifier - T. Neuenfeldt
  • 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: loamy glaciofluvial deposits over sandy and gravelly outwash
  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/11/1965 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: D. Demartelaere
  • 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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    calcic horizon

    0—20

    20—36

    51—122

    —20—

    —16—

    —71—
    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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    —

    —

    —

    700

    —

    150

    6

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    —

    —

    —

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; slightly acid, pH 6.5, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN500101; moist when described;
    AB—15 to 20 centimeters (5.9 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; neutral, pH 6.8, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described;
    Bw1—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; neutral, pH 6.8, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN500103; moist when described;
    2Bw2—36 to 43 centimeters (14.2 to 16.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) gravelly loamy coarse sand; single grain; loose; 15 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; neutral, pH 7.2, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN500104; moist when described;
    2Bw3—43 to 51 centimeters (16.9 to 20.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) gravelly loamy coarse sand; single grain; loose; 20 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; neutral, pH 7.2, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described;
    2Bk—51 to 122 centimeters (20.1 to 48.0 inches); variegated dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) and brown (10YR 4/3) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and brown (10YR 5/3) gravelly loamy coarse sand; single grain; loose; 25 percent coarse distinct irregular moderately coherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, carbonate concretions with clear boundaries on bottom of rock fragments; 25 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, pH meter. Lab sample # MN500106; moist when described;