IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kasson
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1966MN1311098
  • User Pedon ID: S1966MN1311098
  • User Site Association ID: Kasson_Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN1098
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49005
  • 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: 44.3408203
  • Std. Longitude: -93.1138763
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 110N
  • Range: 19W
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: NW1/4NW1/4NW1/4
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN131—Rice
  • 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: MN131—Rice County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44093-C1—Nerstrand, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Carroll Carlson, Finney
  • 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
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Kasson
  • Classificaton Date - 7/10/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Vlasaty
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/29/2010
  • 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: silty loess over loamy till
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/29/2010 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • 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
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    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silt loam; moderate fine granular, and moderate medium granular structure; very friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN109801
    E1—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak medium platy, and moderate medium platy structure; very friable; 26 percent silt coats on bottom faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN109802. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 740906; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 740906
    E2—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 90 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) silt coats on bottom faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN109803. continuous - phpvsfiid 740907; continuous - phpvsfiid 740907
    BE—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 26 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, silt coats on vertical faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN109804. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 740908; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 740908
    Bt2—43 to 58 centimeters (16.9 to 22.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; strong coarse prismatic, and strong medium subangular blocky, and strong medium angular blocky structure; firm; 26 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, silt coats on vertical faces of peds and 26 percent faint dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN109805. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 740910; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 740910
    2Bt3—58 to 66 centimeters (22.8 to 26.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; strong coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 6 percent prominent very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN109806. patchy - phpvsfiid 740911; patchy - phpvsfiid 740911
    2Bt4—66 to 91 centimeters (26.0 to 35.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; strong coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 6 percent prominent very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN109807. patchy - phpvsfiid 740905; patchy - phpvsfiid 740905
    2BC1—91 to 117 centimeters (35.8 to 46.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; strong coarse prismatic, and massive; very firm; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN109808
    2BC2—117 to 152 centimeters (46.1 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; strong coarse prismatic structure; very firm; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN109809
    2BC3—152 to 203 centimeters (59.8 to 79.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; strong coarse prismatic structure; very firm; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN109810
    2C—203 to 254 centimeters (79.9 to 100.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; strong coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; 2 percent medium distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # MN109811