IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Oldham
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970MN0511177
  • User Pedon ID: S1970MN0511177
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN1177
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49604
  • User Project ID: FFTP_10-FAR19
  • Project Name: MLRA 102A - Fergus Falls Till Plain Formdale Catena Study, Re-correlation and Investigations
  • Print Date: 1/31/2025

    • 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: 46.0808640
  • Std. Longitude: -96.1245728
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 130N
  • Range: 43W
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: SE1/4SE1/4
  • 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: 46096-A1—Wendell, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Donald E. DeMartelaere
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, calcareous, frigid Cumulic Vertic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Oldham
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/13/2018
  • Classifier - Keith Anderson
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Oldham
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2010
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: local alluvium
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: lake plain
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • Plot #: 18

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/6/1970 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Donald E. DeMartelaere
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown 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

    free carbonates

    aquic conditions

    0—330

    0—330

    0—330

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    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

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    645

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    145

    6

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay; weak very fine granular structure; friable; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN117701
    A1—20 to 46 centimeters (7.9 to 18.1 inches); black (5Y 2/1) silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent fine distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, masses of oxidized iron on surfaces along root channels; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN117702
    A2—46 to 56 centimeters (18.1 to 22.0 inches); dark olive gray (5Y 3/2) silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly sticky; 1 percent fine prominent olive (5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN117703
    A3—56 to 97 centimeters (22.0 to 38.2 inches); black (N 2.5/), silty clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly sticky; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN117704
    Bg—97 to 127 centimeters (38.2 to 50.0 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) and black (5Y 2/1) silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; moderately sticky; 1 percent fine prominent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN117705
    Cg1—127 to 157 centimeters (50.0 to 61.8 inches); dark olive gray (5Y 3/2) silty clay loam; massive; moderately sticky; 1 percent fine prominent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6. Lab sample # MN117706
    Cg2—157 to 203 centimeters (61.8 to 79.9 inches); black (5Y 2/1) silty clay; massive; moderately sticky; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6. Lab sample # MN117707
    Cg3—203 to 254 centimeters (79.9 to 100.0 inches); black (5Y 2/1) silty clay; massive; moderately sticky; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6. Lab sample # MN117707
    Cg4—254 to 330 centimeters (100.0 to 129.9 inches); black (N 2.5/), silty clay; massive; moderately sticky; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8. Lab sample # MN117708