IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bluffton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1972MN1631563
  • User Pedon ID: S1972MN1631563
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 45.1211128
  • Std. Longitude: -92.9763870
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 30N
  • Range: 21W
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: Washington County, Minnesota; about 2 miles north of Mahtomedi; 2,200 feet east and 900 feet south of the northwest corner
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN163—Washington
  • MLRA: 90A—Wisconsin and Minnesota Thin Loess and Till
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN163—Washington County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 45092-A8—White Bear Lake East, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Typic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bluffton
  • Classificaton Date - 1/24/2012
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bluffton
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/2004
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy till
  • Landform: moraine
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Flooding: occasional flooding
  • Ponding: frequent ponding for long periods begining in jan
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/2004 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    cambic horizon

    0—48

    48—56

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    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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    381

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    711

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    118

    5

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 4.0 roots throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; abrupt smooth boundary.
    A1—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); black (N 2/),, very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.3 roots throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary.
    A2—38 to 48 centimeters (15.0 to 18.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky, and weak medium angular blocky structure; friable; 0.3 roots throughout; 6 percent faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; abrupt smooth boundary.
    Bg—48 to 56 centimeters (18.9 to 22.0 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) fine sandy loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium angular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.3 roots throughout; 1 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix; subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 6 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary.
    Cg1—56 to 66 centimeters (22.0 to 26.0 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) fine sandy loam; massive; friable; 0.3 roots throughout; 1 percent medium distinct greenish gray (5BG 6/1), moist, iron depletions in matrix and 1 percent medium distinct pale olive (5Y 6/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear wavy boundary.
    Cg2—66 to 97 centimeters (26.0 to 38.2 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) loam; massive; friable; 0.3 roots throughout; 1 percent medium distinct greenish gray (5BG 6/1), moist, iron depletions in matrix and 1 percent medium prominent olive yellow (5Y 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 4 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear wavy boundary.
    Cg3—97 to 152 centimeters (38.2 to 59.8 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) sandy clay loam; massive; friable; 0.3 roots throughout; 21 percent coarse prominent greenish gray (5BG 6/1), moist, iron depletions in matrix and 21 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 4 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2.