IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cormant
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970MN0691199
  • User Pedon ID: S1970MN0691199
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN1199
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49626
  • User Project ID: MLRA 56_2022-04
  • Project Name: EVAL - MLRA 56 - Dense Till units of Northwest MN
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 48.7431412
  • Std. Longitude: -96.5666962
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 161N
  • Range: 46W
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: 1056 feet south and 3168 feet east of the northwest corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN069—Kittson
  • 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: MN069—Kittson County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 48096-F5—Halma, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Donald Barron
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, frigid Mollic Psammaquents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cormant
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/13/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cormant
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/15/2010
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy glaciolacustrine deposits
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/15/2010 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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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    Oe—0 to 0 centimeters (0.0 to 0.0 inches); black (N 2.5/), moderately decomposed plant material; fragments.
    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) loamy fine sand; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN119901
    Bg—13 to 18 centimeters (5.1 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine sand; single grain; loose; 1 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary.
    Cg1—18 to 58 centimeters (7.1 to 22.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine sand; single grain; loose; 1 percent fine prominent 5YR 4/8 (5YR 4/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 21 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 21 percent fine distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; gradual smooth boundary.
    Cg2—58 to 81 centimeters (22.8 to 31.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine sand; single grain; loose; 1 percent fine distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; gradual smooth boundary.
    Cg3—81 to 122 centimeters (31.9 to 48.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments.