IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Towner
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970MN0511170
  • User Pedon ID: S1970MN0511170
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN1170
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49049
  • 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: 45.9030266
  • Std. Longitude: -96.1903763
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 128N
  • Range: 44W
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: NE1/4NW1/4NW1/4
  • 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 Calcic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • 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: sandy eolian deposits 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:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) fine sandy loam; weak very fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN117001
    Bw1—23 to 46 centimeters (9.1 to 18.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) loamy fine sand; single grain; very friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN117002
    Bw2—46 to 66 centimeters (18.1 to 26.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) fine sand; single grain; very friable; 1 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN117003
    2Bkg—66 to 91 centimeters (26.0 to 35.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN117004
    2Cg—91 to 112 centimeters (35.8 to 44.1 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # MN117004
    2C—112 to 254 centimeters (44.1 to 100.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) clay loam; massive; 1 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 3 percent medium prominent gray (5Y 5/1), moist, iron depletions in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # MN117005