IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Waldorf
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1969MN013008
  • User Pedon ID: S1969MN013008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1754
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 35912
  • 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: 43.9500008
  • Std. Longitude: -94.3000031
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 106N
  • Range: 29W
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: SW1/4 of SW1/4, about 300 feet E and 100 feet N of SW corner
  • 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 #: 8
  • 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
  • Landform: lake plain, moraine
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • 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

    71

    8

    22

    -9

    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); black (N 2/0) interior silty clay loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13909. 69B811; common roots
    A—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); black (N 2/0) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 2.5 roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13910. 69B812; common roots
    Bg1—38 to 51 centimeters (15.0 to 20.1 inches); black (5Y 2/1) interior silty clay; 1 percent dark olive gray (5Y 3/2) fine faint mottles; weak fine and medium prismatic, and moderate and strong very fine subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.5 roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13911. 69B813; few roots; few fine faint 5Y32 mottles
    Bg2—51 to 71 centimeters (20.1 to 28.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) interior silty clay; 30 percent dark olive gray (5Y 3/2) fine distinct and 30 percent olive gray (5Y 4/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate and strong very fine angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13912. 69B814; very dark gray (5Y 3/1) ped coatings; many fine distinct 5Y32 mottles; many fine distinct 5Y42 mottles
    BCg1—71 to 89 centimeters (28.0 to 35.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) interior silty clay; 30 percent olive (5Y 4/3) fine distinct and 30 percent olive (5Y 5/3) fine distinct mottles; weak and moderate very fine angular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, very plastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13913. 69B815; dark gray (5Y 4/1) ped coatings; many fine distinct 5Y43 mottles; many fine distinct 5Y53 mottles
    BCg2—89 to 114 centimeters (35.0 to 44.9 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) interior silty clay loam; 11 percent olive (5Y 5/3) fine distinct and 11 percent olive (5Y 5/4) fine distinct and 11 percent olive (5Y 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak very fine angular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13914. 69B816; gray (5Y 5/1) ped coatings; common fine distinct 5Y53 mottles; common fine distinct 5Y54 mottles; common fine distinct 5Y56 mottles
    Cg1—114 to 135 centimeters (44.9 to 53.1 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) interior silty clay loam; 30 percent olive (5Y 5/3) fine distinct and 30 percent olive (5Y 5/4) fine distinct and 30 percent olive (5Y 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic, and weak fine angular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13915. 69B817; gray (5Y 5/1) ped coatings; some horizontal cleavage; many fine distinct 5Y53 mottles; many fine distinct 5Y54 mottles; many fine distinct 5Y56 mottles
    Cg2—135 to 157 centimeters (53.1 to 61.8 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) interior silty clay loam; 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic, and weak fine angular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13916. 69B818; few gray (5Y 5/1) ped coatings; some horizontal cleavage; many fine prominent 7.5YR56 mottles
    Cg3—157 to 183 centimeters (61.8 to 72.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) interior silty clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent and 30 percent olive (5Y 4/4) fine distinct and 30 percent olive (5Y 5/4) fine distinct mottles; weak very fine and fine angular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A13917. 69B819; trace of coarse fragments; many fine distinct 5Y44 mottles; many fine distinct 5Y54 mottles; few fine prominent 7.5YR56 mottles