IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Guckeen
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973MN0431635
  • User Pedon ID: S1973MN0431635
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN1635
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49870
  • Print Date: 4/21/2025

    • 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: 43.7553139
  • Std. Longitude: -93.7254562
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 103N
  • Range: 24W
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: SW1/4NW1/4
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN043—Faribault
  • 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: MN043—Faribault County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43093-G6—Matawan, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Unknown
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Aquertic Hapludolls
  • 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 - Guckeen
  • Classificaton Date - 1/31/2017
  • Classifier - Myles Elsen
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Guckeen
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 1/4/2011
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 3


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey glaciolacustrine deposits over fine-loamy till
  • Landscape: lake plain
  • Landform: flat
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/4/2011 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (N 2.5/), silty clay loam; cloddy structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN163501
    A1—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN163502
    A2—36 to 43 centimeters (14.2 to 16.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear smooth boundary.
    Bw1—43 to 66 centimeters (16.9 to 26.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam; firm; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN163503
    Bw2—66 to 84 centimeters (26.0 to 33.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; firm; 3 percent medium distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN163504
    Cg1—84 to 89 centimeters (33.1 to 35.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; friable; 3 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary.
    Cg2—89 to 109 centimeters (35.0 to 42.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silty clay loam; friable; 21 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN163505
    2Cg3—109 to 122 centimeters (42.9 to 48.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) clay loam; friable; 21 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # MN163506