IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Maxfield
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1971MN0491324
  • User Pedon ID: S1971MN0491324
  • User Site Association ID: 11-WAV_Maxfield_Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN1324
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47682
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 44.2595100
  • Std. Longitude: -92.8008194
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 109N
  • Range: 17W
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: 800 feet south and 100 feet east of the northeast corner of SE1/4
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN049—Goodhue
  • MLRA: 104—Eastern Iowa and Minnesota Till Prairies
  • Regional Office: 11—Indianapolis, IN
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-WAV—Waverly, Iowa
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN049—Goodhue County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44092-C7—Wanamingo, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: George Poch
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Endoaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Unknown
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Maxfield
  • PSC - 33 to 84 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Skyberg
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/16/1971
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-silty loess over loamy till
  • Landscape: Dissected till plain
  • Landform: interfluve
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/16/1971 (actual site observation 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 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; weak very fine granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN132401; moist when described;
    Bg1—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN132402; moist when described;
    Bg2—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 11 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN132403; moist when described;
    Bg3—51 to 64 centimeters (20.1 to 25.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent medium brown (10YR 5/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN132404; moist when described;
    2Bw1—64 to 76 centimeters (25.2 to 29.9 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 6 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN132405; moist when described;
    2Bw2—76 to 99 centimeters (29.9 to 39.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate coarse prismatic structure; firm; 65 percent gray (10YR 6/1), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # MN132406; moist when described;
    2BC—99 to 117 centimeters (39.0 to 46.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; moderate coarse prismatic structure; firm; 5 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores and 65 percent gray (10YR 6/1), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, unspecified; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # MN132407; moist when described;
    2C—117 to 152 centimeters (46.1 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 5 percent gray (10YR 6/1), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, unspecified. Lab sample # MN132408; moist when described;