IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kandota
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973MN1451705
  • User Pedon ID: S1973MN1451705
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN1705
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49902
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 45.4816971
  • Std. Longitude: -94.3794632
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 123N
  • Range: 29W
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: 1620 feet south and 1290 feet east of the northwest corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN145—Stearns
  • MLRA: 57—Northern Minnesota Gray Drift
  • 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-D4—Cold Spring, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Charles K. Sutton
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Glossic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Kandota
  • PSC - 38 to 88 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/14/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - SND
  • 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: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: coarse-loamy till
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: moraine
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/6/2011 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • 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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    5

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    180

    680

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    135

    5

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    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 2 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN170501
    E—13 to 38 centimeters (5.1 to 15.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; sandy loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN170502
    Bt1—38 to 58 centimeters (15.0 to 22.8 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 26 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3) silt coats on vertical faces of peds; 3 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN170503. patchy - phpvsfiid 854698; patchy - phpvsfiid 854698
    Bt2—58 to 91 centimeters (22.8 to 35.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) loam; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; friable; 6 percent clay films on vertical faces of peds and 6 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt coats on vertical faces of peds; 3 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN170504
    Bt3—91 to 119 centimeters (35.8 to 46.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) loam; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 6 percent clay films on vertical faces of peds and 6 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) silt coats on vertical faces of peds; 3 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # MN170505
    C—119 to 130 centimeters (46.9 to 51.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) sandy loam; weak medium platy structure; friable; 3 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # MN170506