IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kittson
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974MN0271757
  • User Pedon ID: S1974MN0271757
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN1757
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49925
  • Print Date: 4/27/2025

    • 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: 47.1003151
  • Std. Longitude: -96.2969742
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 142N
  • Range: 44W
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: 2555 feet south and 1050 feet east of the northwest corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN027—Clay
  • MLRA: 56—Red River Valley of the North
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-FAR—Fargo, North Dakota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN027—Clay County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 47096-A3—Ulen, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Unknown
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Aquic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Kittson
  • Classificaton Date - 2/14/2012
  • Classifier - A. Giencke
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kittson
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 1/11/2011
  • 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 till
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/11/2011 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • 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
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    A—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) loam; moderate medium angular blocky, and weak very fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN175701
    Bw—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky, and weak very fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN175702
    Bk—43 to 69 centimeters (16.9 to 27.2 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN175703
    C—69 to 91 centimeters (27.2 to 35.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 3 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 3 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN175704
    Cg—91 to 140 centimeters (35.8 to 55.1 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) loam; weak very fine subangular blocky, and moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 21 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 21 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 21 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 21 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 21 percent fine prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 21 percent medium prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # MN175705