IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fieldon
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973MN0131701
  • User Pedon ID: S1973MN0131701
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN1701
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49860
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 44.0389824
  • Std. Longitude: -94.2592926
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 107N
  • Range: 29W
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: 2530 feet east and 1030 feet north of the southwest corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN013—Blue Earth
  • MLRA: 103—Central Iowa and Minnesota Till Prairies
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-ALB—Albert Lea, Minnesota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN013—Blue Earth County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44094-A3—Perth, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Unknown
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, calcareous, mesic Typic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Fieldon
  • Classificaton Date - 2/14/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fieldon
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 1/6/2011
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy glaciofluvial deposits and/or sandy outwash
  • Landform: glacial lake, till plain
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/6/2011 (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 (N 2.5/),, very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN170101
    A1—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; loam; weak very fine subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN170102
    A2—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN170103
    Bg—48 to 58 centimeters (18.9 to 22.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) very fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent fine distinct light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN170104
    Bw1—58 to 84 centimeters (22.8 to 33.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine sandy loam; moderate medium platy, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3 percent fine distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN170105
    Bw2—84 to 94 centimeters (33.1 to 37.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) very fine sandy loam; moderate medium platy, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent fine prominent pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix and 3 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN170106
    C—94 to 119 centimeters (37.0 to 46.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine sand; weak thick platy structure; loose; 1 percent fine faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 21 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 21 percent medium distinct light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN170107
    Cg—119 to 152 centimeters (46.9 to 59.8 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) fine sand; weak thick platy structure; loose; 1 percent medium prominent very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix and 3 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # MN170108