IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Arvilla
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973MN1451690
  • User Pedon ID: S1973MN1451690
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN1690
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49899
  • 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: 45.5876122
  • Std. Longitude: -94.1982498
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 125N
  • Range: 28W
  • Section: 34
  • PLSS Details: 820 feet north and 1040 feet east of the southwest corner of SW1/4
  • 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-E2—Saint Cloud, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: K. Sutton
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, frigid Calcic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • 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 - Esterville
  • 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:
  • 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

    calcic horizon

    0—38

    38—58

    71—183

    —38—

    —20—

    —112—
    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

    1

    —

    —

    —

    —

    180

    700

    —

    150

    6

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-10 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN169001; moist when described;
    A—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-10 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN169002; moist when described;
    Bw1—38 to 58 centimeters (15.0 to 22.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) gravelly sandy loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 20 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-20 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; moderately acid, pH 5.9; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN169003; moist when described;
    2Bw2—58 to 71 centimeters (22.8 to 28.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) gravelly coarse sand; massive; loose; 20 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-50 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; slightly acid, pH 6.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN169004; moist when described;
    2Bk—71 to 183 centimeters (28.0 to 72.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) very 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; 35 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-10 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; slight effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.5. Lab sample # MN169005; moist when described;