IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Dakota
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970MN0471115
  • User Pedon ID: S1970MN0471115
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN1115
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49025
  • Print Date: 4/28/2025

    • 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: 43.5598717
  • Std. Longitude: -93.2725754
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 101N
  • Range: 20W
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: NW10SE40SE160
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN047—Freeborn
  • 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: MN047—Freeborn County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43093-E3—Glenville, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Orville Whitaker
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Dakota
  • Classificaton Date - 2/13/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Dakota
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/29/2010
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy alluvium over sandy and gravelly outwash
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/29/2010 (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
    • 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
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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loam; cloddy structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN111501
    A—25 to 33 centimeters (9.8 to 13.0 inches); 75 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and 25 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak fine granular, and weak medium granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN111502
    Bt1—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 6 percent clay films on vertical faces of peds and 10 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on vertical faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN111503. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 740912; patchy - phpvsfiid 740913; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 740912; patchy - phpvsfiid 740913
    Bt2—46 to 64 centimeters (18.1 to 25.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 6 percent clay films on vertical faces of peds and 30 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, organic stains on vertical faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN111504. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 740914; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 740915; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 740914; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 740915
    Bt3—64 to 89 centimeters (25.2 to 35.0 inches); 60 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) and 40 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) loam; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3 percent clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN111505. patchy - phpvsfiid 740916; patchy - phpvsfiid 740916
    Bt4—89 to 99 centimeters (35.0 to 39.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 40 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, organic stains on vertical faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN111506. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 740917; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 740917
    2BC—99 to 122 centimeters (39.0 to 48.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sand; single grain; loose; 10 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN111507
    2C1—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sand; single grain; loose; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN111508
    2C2—152 to 178 centimeters (59.8 to 70.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) coarse sand; single grain; loose; 10 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # MN111509