IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Arvilla
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973MN1451688
  • User Pedon ID: S1973MN1451688
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN1688
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49898
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 45.3704872
  • Std. Longitude: -94.2919846
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 122N
  • Range: 29W
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: 20 feet south and 2560 feet west of the northwest corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN145—Stearns
  • MLRA: 91A—Central Minnesota Sandy Outwash
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-FER—Fergus Falls, Minnesota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN145—Stearns County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 45094-C3—Kimball, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: K. Sutton
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, frigid Calcic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Arvilla
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/9/2013
  • Classifier - Tom Neuenfeldt
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kanaranzi
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 1/5/2011
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy glaciofluvial deposits over sandy and gravelly outwash
  • Landscape: outwash plain
  • Landform: rise
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1973 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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

    calcic horizon

    0—25

    46—152

    —25—

    —106—
    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

    4

    —

    —

    —

    —

    225

    700

    —

    150

    6

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; strongly acid, pH 5.1; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN168801; moist when described;
    A—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; moderately acid, pH 5.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN168802; moist when described;
    Bw1—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; slightly acid, pH 6.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN168803; moist when described;
    2Bw2—38 to 46 centimeters (15.0 to 18.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) coarse sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN168804; moist when described;
    2Bk1—46 to 64 centimeters (18.1 to 25.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose; 15 percent coarse distinct irregular moderately coherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, carbonate concretions with clear boundaries on bottom of rock fragments; 15 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.2; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN168805; moist when described;
    2Bk2—64 to 165 centimeters (25.2 to 65.0 inches); variegated pale brown (10YR 6/3) and brown (10YR 5/3) gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose; 25 percent coarse distinct irregular moderately coherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, carbonate concretions with clear boundaries on bottom of rock fragments; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method and 15 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # MN168806; moist when described;