IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Waldorf
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1969MN013006
  • User Pedon ID: S1969MN013006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1753
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 35911
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 43.8833351
  • Std. Longitude: -94.0333328
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 105N
  • Range: 27W
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: NE1/4 of SW1/4, about 360 feet W and 100 feet S of NE corner of SW1/4
  • Location Description: Blue Earth Co.
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN013—Blue Earth
  • MLRA: 103—Central Iowa and Minnesota Till Prairies

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R.J. Edwards and H.R. Finney
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Vertic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Waldorf
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/17/2014
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Waldorf
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Typic Haplaquolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • 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
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: lacustrine deposits and/or lacustrine deposits and/or till
  • Landform: lake plain, moraine
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • 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
    • 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

    1

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    313

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    71

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    8

    22

    -9

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); black (N 2/0) interior silty clay; weak and moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13900. 69B797
    A—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); black (N 2/0) interior silty clay; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13901. 69B798
    AB—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior and very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior silty clay; moderate very fine subangular blocky, and moderate very fine angular blocky structure; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13902. 69B799
    Bg1—43 to 56 centimeters (16.9 to 22.0 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) interior and dark gray (5Y 4/1) interior clay; weak fine and medium prismatic, and moderate very fine subangular blocky, and moderate very fine angular blocky structure; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13903. 69B800
    Bg2—56 to 69 centimeters (22.0 to 27.2 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) interior clay; 11 percent olive gray (5Y 4/2) fine faint mottles; moderate and strong very fine angular blocky, and weak and moderate fine and medium prismatic structure; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13904. 69B801; few thin tongues of very dark gray (5Y 3/1) 5 to 10 cm apart; common fine faint 5Y42 mottles
    Bg3—69 to 81 centimeters (27.2 to 31.9 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) interior clay; 1 percent olive (5Y 5/3) fine faint mottles; weak and moderate fine and medium prismatic, and moderate and strong very fine and fine angular blocky structure; very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13905. 69B802; few thin very dark gray (5Y 3/1) and dark gray (5Y 4/1) tongues; few fine faint 5Y53 mottles
    Cg1—81 to 97 centimeters (31.9 to 38.2 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) interior silty clay; 11 percent olive (5Y 5/4) fine distinct and 11 percent olive (5Y 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic, and moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13906. 69B803; few thin very dark gray (5Y 3/1) and dark gray (5Y 4/1) tongues; common fine distinct 5Y54 mottles; common fine distinct 5Y56 mottles
    Cg2—97 to 124 centimeters (38.2 to 48.8 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) interior silty clay; 11 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine prominent and 11 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) fine prominent mottles; weak medium and coarse prismatic, and weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 11 percent lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13907. 69B804; few lime pebbles; few streaks of light gray (5Y 7/2) segregated lime; common soft masses of lime concentrations; common fine prominent 2.5Y54 mottles; common fine prominent 2.5Y56 mottles
    2C—124 to 165 centimeters (48.8 to 65.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) interior clay loam, silty clay loam; 30 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine prominent and 30 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) fine prominent mottles; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly plastic; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A13908. 69B805; about 2% coarse fragments; few masses of light gray (5Y 7/2) segregated lime; many fine prominent 2.5Y54 mottles; many fine prominent 2.5Y56 mottles