IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Glendorado
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973MN1451719
  • User Pedon ID: S1973MN1451719
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN1719
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49904
  • Print Date: 4/28/2025

    • 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: 45.6791153
  • Std. Longitude: -94.2172546
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 126N
  • Range: 28W
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: 600 feet south and 1480 feet east of the northwest corner of the 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-F2—Little Rock Lake, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Charles K. Sutton
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, frigid Aquic 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 - Glendorado
  • Classificaton Date - 2/14/2012
  • 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: not certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy and gravelly outwash
  • Drainage Class: somewhat 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 (10YR 2/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loamy coarse sand; weak medium granular, and weak coarse granular structure; very friable; 2 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN171901
    A—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; coarse sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN171902
    Bw—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) coarse sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN171903
    C1—53 to 71 centimeters (20.9 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) coarse sand; massive, and weak medium subangular blocky; very friable; 3 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN171904
    C2—71 to 107 centimeters (28.0 to 42.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) coarse sand; massive, and single grain; loose; 21 percent fine distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN171905
    C3—107 to 152 centimeters (42.1 to 59.8 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) coarse sand; single grain; loose; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.8. Lab sample # MN171906