IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lura
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1969MN013007
  • User Pedon ID: S1969MN013007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1723
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 35881
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 43.8666649
  • Std. Longitude: -94.0333328
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 105N
  • Range: 27W
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: NE1/4 of SW1/4, about 800 feet S and 360 feet W 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 Cumulic Vertic Epiaquolls
  • 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 #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Lura
  • PSC - 10 to 40 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/2015
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lura
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Cumulic Haplaquolls
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1969
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: lacustrine deposits
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: very 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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    316

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    71

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    8

    22

    -9

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    1Ap—0 to 33 centimeters (0.0 to 13.0 inches); black (N 2/0) interior silty clay; weak and moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13644. 69B806; common roots
    1A12—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior silty clay; moderate very fine angular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13645. 69B807
    1A13—51 to 66 centimeters (20.1 to 26.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior and 30 percent very dark gray (5Y 3/1) interior clay; 1 percent olive (5Y 5/4) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate very fine angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13646. 69B808; few fine distinct 5Y54 mottles
    1A14—66 to 117 centimeters (26.0 to 46.1 inches); black (5Y 2/1) interior clay; moderate very fine angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13647. 69B809
    1A15—117 to 147 centimeters (46.1 to 57.9 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) interior silty clay; weak and moderate very fine angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13648. not sampled
    1Cg—147 to 183 centimeters (57.9 to 72.0 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) interior and olive gray (5Y 5/2) interior silty clay; 11 percent olive (5Y 5/4) fine distinct mottles; structureless massive; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 40A13649. 69B810; common fine distinct 5Y54 mottles