IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hokans

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S1970MN0511174

User Pedon ID: S1970MN0511174

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1

Lab Pedon # - UMN1174

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49602

User Project ID: FFTP_10-FAR19

Project Name: MLRA 102A - Fergus Falls Till Plain Formdale Catena Study, Re-correlation and Investigations

Print Date: 2/16/2025

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: 45.7602020

Std. Longitude: -95.9484310

Datum: WGS84

Township: 127N

Range: 42W

Section: 33

PLSS Details: 195 feet north and 1200 feet west of the southeast corner

Country: US—United States

State: Minnesota

County: MN051—Grant

MLRA: 102A—Rolling Till Prairie

Regional Office: NC—North Central

MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-FER—Fergus Falls, Minnesota

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN051—Grant County, Minnesota

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 45095-G8—Patchen Lake, Minnesota

PEDON

Describers Name: Donald E. DeMartelaere

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-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

Pedon #: 1

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Hokans

PSC - 25 to 100 cm.

Classificaton Date - 7/3/2019

Classifier - Keith Anderson

Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition

Moisture Class - udic

Moisture Subclass - typic

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Forman

Taxon Kind - series

Classificaton Date - 11/15/2010

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

Certification Status: certified

QC Status: level 1

QA Status: level 1

SITE

Parent Material: fine-loamy till

Landscape: till plain

Landform: moraine

Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope

Hill Slope Profile: backslope

Slope Complexity: simple

Slope Shape Across: convex

Slope Shape Down: linear

Drainage Class: well

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

Plot #: 18

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 10/14/1970 (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

STM Version ID: 1

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
mollic epipedon calcic horizon free carbonates aquic conditions	0—33 41—86 41—295 135—295	—33— —45— —- —-

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
3	—	—	366	—		645	—	145	6	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; clay loam; weak very fine granular structure; friable; many (21.0) fine roots throughout; 2 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN117401; moist when described;

Bw1—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; many (21.0) fine roots throughout; 2 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN117402; moist when described;

Bw2—33 to 41 centimeters (13.0 to 16.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; many (21.0) very fine roots throughout; 2 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN117403; moist when described;

Bk1—41 to 66 centimeters (16.1 to 26.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; few (0.5) very fine roots throughout; 21 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, carbonate masses with clear boundaries throughout; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN117404; moist when described;

Bk2—66 to 86 centimeters (26.0 to 33.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; few (0.5) very fine roots throughout; 21 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, carbonate masses with clear boundaries throughout; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN117405; moist when described;

BC—86 to 135 centimeters (33.9 to 53.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) loam; weak medium platy parts to weak very fine angular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix; 8 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN117406; moist when described;

C1—135 to 152 centimeters (53.1 to 59.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) clay loam; massive; friable; 1 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 21 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented gray (5Y 6/1), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries in matrix; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN117407; moist when described;

C2—185 to 211 centimeters (72.8 to 83.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) loam; massive; friable; 1 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 21 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented gray (5Y 6/1), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries in matrix; 10 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN117408; moist when described;

C3—229 to 244 centimeters (90.2 to 96.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silt loam; massive; friable; 1 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 21 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented gray (5Y 6/1), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries in matrix; 8 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN117409; moist when described;

C4—262 to 295 centimeters (103.1 to 116.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silt loam; massive; friable; 1 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries in matrix and 21 percent medium prominent irregular noncoherent cemented gray (5Y 6/1), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries in matrix; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7. Lab sample # MN117410; moist when described;