IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Vallers
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970MN0511179
  • User Pedon ID: S1970MN0511179
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN1179
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49606
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 45.9890213
  • Std. Longitude: -96.2613983
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 129N
  • Range: 44W
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: NW1/4NW1/4
  • 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-H3—Charlesville, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Unknown
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Typic Calciaquolls
  • 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 - Vallers
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/13/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Vallers
  • 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: till
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/15/2010 (entry creation 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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    calcic horizon

    0—28

    0—46

    —28—

    —46—
    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

    1

    —

    —

    —

    —

    575

    —

    140

    5

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    Akp—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) clay loam; cloddy, and weak fine granular structure; firm; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN117901
    Ak—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay loam; weak medium prismatic structure; firm; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary.
    Bkg—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent fine prominent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN117902
    Cg—46 to 76 centimeters (18.1 to 29.9 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN117903
    Cg—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN117904
    C1—76 to 122 centimeters (29.9 to 48.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) clay loam; massive; friable; 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; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN117905
    C2—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) clay loam; massive; friable; 3 percent coarse prominent gray (5Y 5/1), moist, iron depletions in matrix and 3 percent fine prominent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN117906
    C3—157 to 173 centimeters (61.8 to 68.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) clay loam; massive; friable; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN117907
    C4—188 to 203 centimeters (74.0 to 79.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) clay loam; massive; friable; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN117908
    C5—203 to 229 centimeters (79.9 to 90.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) clay loam; massive; friable; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN117909
    C6—269 to 284 centimeters (105.9 to 111.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) clay loam; massive; friable; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN117910
    C7—284 to 310 centimeters (111.8 to 122.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) clay loam; massive; friable; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN117911