IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kittson
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974MN0271749
  • User Pedon ID: S1974MN0271749
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN1749
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49917
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 46.9682770
  • Std. Longitude: -96.3644409
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 140N
  • Range: 45W
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: 1650 feet north and 75 feet west of the southeast corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN027—Clay
  • MLRA: 102A—Rolling Till Prairie
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-FER—Fergus Falls, Minnesota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN027—Clay County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46096-H3—Hawley, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Unknown
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Aquic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Kittson
  • Classificaton Date - 2/14/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - SND
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 1/7/2011
  • 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: silty till and/or loamy till
  • Drainage Class: somewhat 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 2 - hayland
  • 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

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    A—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak very fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN174901
    Bw1—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak very fine granular structure; very friable; 1 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 1 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN174902
    Bw2—38 to 48 centimeters (15.0 to 18.9 inches); olive (5Y 5/4) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak very fine granular structure; very friable; 1 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 1 percent fine prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN174903
    Bk—48 to 79 centimeters (18.9 to 31.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak very fine granular structure; very friable; 3 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 3 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN174904
    C—79 to 140 centimeters (31.1 to 55.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) loam; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; 1 percent fine prominent 5YR 4/8 (5YR 4/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 21 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # MN174905