IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Corliss
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970MN111002
  • User Pedon ID: S1970MN111002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN1152
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49654
  • Print Date: 4/27/2025

    • 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: 46.6986122
  • Std. Longitude: -96.1306076
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 137N
  • Range: 43W
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: NW1/4SW1/4NW1/4
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN111—Otter Tail
  • MLRA: 91A—Central Minnesota Sandy Outwash
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-FER—Fergus Falls, Minnesota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN111—Otter Tail County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46096-F2—Rollag, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Raymond T. Diedrick
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, frigid Typic Udipsamments
  • 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 - Corliss
  • Classificaton Date - 2/13/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sioux
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/10/2010
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy and gravelly outwash
  • Landscape: outwash plain
  • Landform: rise
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/10/2010 (entry creation 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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

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    A—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; coarse sandy loam; single grain; friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN115201
    Bw—18 to 23 centimeters (7.1 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) coarse sandy loam; single grain; friable; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, pH meter.
    Bk—23 to 28 centimeters (9.1 to 11.0 inches); very dark grayish olive (10Y 3/2) coarse sandy loam; single grain; friable; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, pH meter. Lab sample # MN115203
    C—28 to 122 centimeters (11.0 to 48.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) gravelly coarse sand; single grain; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # MN115204