IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Guckeen

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S1969MN013002

User Pedon ID: S1969MN013002

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 40A1716

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 35874

Print Date: 11/11/2024

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: 43.8797150

Std. Longitude: -94.1680222

Datum: WGS84

Township: 105N

Range: 28W

Section: 23

PLSS Details: SE 1/4 of SW 1/4, about 240 feet E and 1000 feet N of SW corner

Location Description: Blue Earth County, Shelby Twp.

State: Minnesota

County: MN013—Blue Earth

MLRA: 103—Central Iowa and Minnesota Till Prairies

Regional Office: NC—North Central

MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-ALB—Albert Lea, Minnesota

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN013—Blue Earth County, Minnesota

PEDON

Describers Name: R.J. Edwards and H.R. Finney

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Aquertic Hapludolls

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: representative pedon for component

Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory

Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data

Pedon #: 2

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Guckeen

PSC - 25 to 100 cm.

Classificaton Date - 2/28/2018

Classifier - Myles Elsen

Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition

Moisture Class - udic

Moisture Subclass - aquic

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Guckeen

Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Aquic Hapludolls

Classificaton Date - 10/1/1969

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Erosion Class - 1

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

Certification Status: certified

QC Status: level 1

SITE

Parent Material: glaciolacustrine deposits over till

Landscape: lake plain

Landform: flat

Slope Shape Down: convex

Drainage Class: moderately well

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 10/1/1969 (actual site observation date)

Surface Cover Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Drained? - no

Bedded Soil? - no

Forest Plantation? - no

Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
mollic epipedon cambic horizon abrupt textural change	0—56 56—99 79—152	—56— —43— —73—

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	—	—	319	—	90	71	—	—	-4	22	-9	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior silty clay loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13579. 69B773; common roots

A1—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior and very dark gray (10YR 3/1) crushed silty clay, silty clay loam; moderate very fine and fine angular blocky, and moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13580. 69B774; common roots

A2—33 to 56 centimeters (13.0 to 22.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior silty clay; moderate very fine and fine angular blocky, and moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; black (10YR 2/1), moist, coats; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13581. 69B775; few roots

Bw—56 to 79 centimeters (22.0 to 31.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) interior silty clay; moderate fine and medium prismatic, and moderate fine and medium angular blocky, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, coats and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, coats; 11 percent worm casts; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13582. 69B776; wormcasts are black (10YR 2/1); about 1% coarse fragments; common worm casts concentrations

2Bw—79 to 99 centimeters (31.1 to 39.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior clay loam; 1 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine faint and 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine faint mottles; weak and moderate fine and medium prismatic, and weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13583. 69B777; about 5% coarse fragments; few fine faint 2.5Y52 mottles; few fine faint 2.5Y54 mottles

2C1—99 to 127 centimeters (39.0 to 50.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior clay loam; 30 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) medium prominent mottles; weak fine and medium subangular blocky, and weak platy structure; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 11 percent lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13584. 69B778; about 5% coarse fragments; common soft masses of lime concentrations; many medium prominent 2.5Y54 mottles

2C2—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior loam; 30 percent gray (5Y 6/1) coarse prominent and 30 percent light olive gray (5Y 6/2) coarse prominent mottles; weak fine and medium subangular blocky, and weak platy structure; friable, moderately sticky, slightly plastic; 1 percent lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A13585. 69B779; about 5% coarse fragments; few soft masses of lime concentrations; many coarse prominent 5Y61 mottles; many coarse prominent 5Y62 mottles