IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mahtomedi
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1972MN1632006
  • User Pedon ID: S1972MN1632006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 45.0878170
  • Std. Longitude: -92.9440930
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 30N
  • Range: 21W
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: Washington County, Minnesota; about 1.5 miles northwest of Mahtomedi; 2240 feet south and 100 feet east 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: Mixed, frigid Typic Udipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Mahtomedi
  • Classificaton Date - 2/2/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mahtomedi
  • Classificaton Date - 12/1/2010
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy outwash
  • Landform: moraine, outwash plain
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/1/2010 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • 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

    ochric epipedon

    0—20

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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

    13

    —

    —

    346

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    699

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    115

    5

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    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loamy sand; weak medium granular, and weak fine granular structure; very friable; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt smooth boundary.
    E—13 to 20 centimeters (5.1 to 7.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2) sand; single grain; loose; 10 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear smooth boundary.
    Bw1—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose; 10 percent by volume subrounded 75-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 25 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear smooth boundary.
    Bw2—38 to 76 centimeters (15.0 to 29.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) gravelly sand; single grain; loose; 2 percent by volume subrounded 75-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 18 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; gradual smooth boundary.
    C1—76 to 112 centimeters (29.9 to 44.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) gravelly sand; single grain; loose; 1 percent by volume subrounded 75-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 25 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; gradual smooth boundary.
    C2—112 to 152 centimeters (44.1 to 59.8 inches); light reddish brown (5YR 6/3) gravelly sand; single grain; loose; 1 percent by volume subrounded 75-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 15 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8.