IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Beltrami
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1969MN041945
User Pedon ID:
S1969MN041945
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
yes
Lab Source ID -
UMNSSL2
Lab Pedon # -
UMN0945
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
82785
Print Date:
11/21/2024
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:
45.9914169
Std. Longitude:
-95.3949203
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
129N
Range:
37W
Section:
7
PLSS Details:
37 feet north and 165 feet east of the southwest corner
Location Description:
located about 7 miles north of Alexandria
Country:
US—United States
State:
Minnesota
County:
MN041—Douglas
MLRA:
102A—Rolling Till Prairie
Regional Office:
NC—North Central
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
MN041—Douglas County, Minnesota
7.5 Minute USGS Quad:
45095-H4—Alexandria West, Minnesota
PEDON
Describers Name:
Donald E. DeMartelaere
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Aquic Hapludalfs
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Type:
OSD pedon
Pedon Purpose:
laboratory sampling site
Pedon Record Orgin:
PedonPC
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Beltrami (flagged as OSD)
PSC -
28 to 78 cm.
Classificaton Date -
3/29/2011
Soil Taxonomic Edition -
eleventh edition
Moisture Class -
aquic
Moisture Subclass -
typic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Beltrami
Taxon Kind -
series
Classificaton Date -
5/20/1969
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
Certification Status:
certified
QC Status:
level 1
QA Status:
level 2
SITE
Parent Material:
coarse-loamy till
Landscape:
till plain
Landform:
moraine
Drainage Class:
somewhat poorly
Flooding:
none flooding
Ponding:
none ponding
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
5/20/1969 (actual site observation date)
Surface Cover Properties:
Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 -
crop cover
Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 -
row crop
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Drained? -
no
Bedded Soil? -
no
Forest Plantation? -
no
Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind
Feature Depth L-H
Feature Thickness L-RV-H
cm
ochric epipedon
albic horizon
argillic horizon
0—28
15—28
28—86
—28—
—13—
—58—
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
—
—
411
—
0
645
—
145
6
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—
—
—
—
—
—
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Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 3 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 6.7; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN500120; moist when described;
E1—15 to 23 centimeters (5.9 to 9.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) loam; weak thin platy structure; friable; fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 6.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN500121; moist when described;
E2—23 to 28 centimeters (9.1 to 11.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine sandy loam; weak thin platy, and weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; neutral, pH 7.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN500122; moist when described;
Bt1—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 6 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 51 percent faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, sand coats on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN500123; moist when described;
Bt2—46 to 64 centimeters (18.1 to 25.2 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) clay loam; strong medium subangular blocky, and strong coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 6 percent faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, sand coats on all faces of peds and 51 percent prominent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 1 percent fine prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; strongly acid, pH 5.2; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN500124; moist when described;
Bt3—64 to 86 centimeters (25.2 to 33.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 26 percent faint very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, clay films on surfaces along root channels; 10 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 10 percent fine distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix; 8 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN500125; moist when described;
Bk—86 to 152 centimeters (33.9 to 59.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent fine distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 10 percent fine light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, carbonate masses in matrix; 1 percent by volume subrounded 75-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 8 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8. Lab sample # MN500126; moist when described;