IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Towner
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970MN0511167
  • User Pedon ID: S1970MN0511167
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN1167
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49046
  • Print Date: 4/23/2025

    • 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: 45.9508705
  • Std. Longitude: -96.1394806
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 129N
  • Range: 43W
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: SW1/4SW1/4
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN051—Grant
  • MLRA: 56—Red River Valley of the North
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-FAR—Fargo, North Dakota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN051—Grant County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 45096-H2—Herman NW, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Unknown
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy over loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Aquic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Towner
  • Classificaton Date - 2/13/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Towner
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/10/2010
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: eolian sands over loamy till
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/10/2010 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; fine sandy loam; weak very fine granular structure; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN116701
    A—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) fine sandy loam; weak very fine granular structure; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN116702
    Bw—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine sandy loam; weak very fine granular structure; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN116703
    Bg1—56 to 79 centimeters (22.0 to 31.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) loamy fine sand; single grain; 1 percent fine prominent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 1 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN116704
    Bg2—79 to 89 centimeters (31.1 to 35.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) fine sand; single grain; 1 percent fine faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN116705
    2Cg1—89 to 152 centimeters (35.0 to 59.8 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) clay loam; weak medium angular blocky structure; 3 percent medium prominent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # MN116706
    2Cg2—152 to 165 centimeters (59.8 to 65.0 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) silt loam; weak medium angular blocky structure; 3 percent medium prominent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments. Lab sample # MN116707