IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Okoboji
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974MN0131741
  • User Pedon ID: S1974MN013(1741)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN1741
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49911
  • User Project ID: 2029-3
  • Project Name: MLRA 103 - Ice Contact and Moraine Investigation
  • Print Date: 2/1/2025

    • 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: 44.1382179
  • Std. Longitude: -93.9528885
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 108N
  • Range: 26W
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: SE1/4SE1/4
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN013—Blue Earth
  • 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: MN013—Blue Earth County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44093-B8—Mankato East, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Cumulic Vertic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Okoboji
  • Classificaton Date - 2/14/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lura
  • Classificaton Date - 1/7/2011
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty and clayey lacustrine deposits
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/7/2011 (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 (N 2.5/), silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN174101
    A1—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); black (N 2.5/), silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear smooth boundary.
    A2—38 to 51 centimeters (15.0 to 20.1 inches); black (N 2.5/), silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN174102
    A3—51 to 61 centimeters (20.1 to 24.0 inches); black (N 2.5/), silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary.
    Bg1—61 to 89 centimeters (24.0 to 35.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN174103
    Bg2—89 to 102 centimeters (35.0 to 40.2 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN174104
    Bg3—102 to 122 centimeters (40.2 to 48.0 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) silt loam; massive; 3 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; clear smooth boundary.
    Cg—122 centimeters (48.0 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) silt loam; massive; 3 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0.