IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kittson
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970MN0511187
  • User Pedon ID: S1970MN0511187
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN1187
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49611
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 45.8501129
  • Std. Longitude: -96.2495499
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 128N
  • Range: 44W
  • Section: 31
  • 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-G2—Herman, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Unknown
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-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 - Kittson
  • Classificaton Date - 2/13/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kittson
  • 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: loamy till
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • 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
    • 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 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) loam; weak very fine granular structure; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN118701
    A1—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary.
    A2—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN118702
    Bk1—43 to 66 centimeters (16.9 to 26.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 1 percent fine distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN118703
    Bk2—66 to 97 centimeters (26.0 to 38.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 1 percent fine distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN118704
    C1—97 to 122 centimeters (38.2 to 48.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 21 percent medium prominent gray (5Y 5/1), moist, iron depletions in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # MN118705
    C2—122 to 130 centimeters (48.0 to 51.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3 percent fine distinct masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 21 percent medium prominent iron depletions in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # MN118706
    C3—130 to 147 centimeters (51.2 to 57.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3 percent fine distinct masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 21 percent medium prominent iron depletions in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # MN118707
    C4—147 to 173 centimeters (57.9 to 68.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3 percent fine distinct masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 21 percent medium prominent iron depletions in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # MN118708
    C5—178 to 191 centimeters (70.1 to 75.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # MN118709
    C6—191 to 206 centimeters (75.2 to 81.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # MN118710
    C7—208 to 229 centimeters (81.9 to 90.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # MN118711
    C8—249 to 264 centimeters (98.0 to 103.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # MN118712
    C9—279 to 295 centimeters (109.8 to 116.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # MN118713
    C10—295 to 310 centimeters (116.1 to 122.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # MN118714