IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ulen
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974MN0271880
  • User Pedon ID: S1974MN0271880
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN1880
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49937
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 47.0249939
  • Std. Longitude: -96.4726563
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 141N
  • Range: 46W
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: 1580 feet north and 1480 feet east of the southwest 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-A4—Ulen SW, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jacobson, Charles Carr
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, frigid Aquic Calciudolls
  • 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 - Ulen
  • Classificaton Date - 2/14/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ulen
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 1/14/2011
  • 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 lacustrine deposits
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/14/2011 (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
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    A—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) fine sandy loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN188001
    Ak—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN188002
    Bk1—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) loamy very fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak very fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN188003
    Bk2—53 to 74 centimeters (20.9 to 29.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) loamy very fine sand; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN188004
    Bk3—74 to 109 centimeters (29.1 to 42.9 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3) stratified stratified fine sand to very fine sand; single grain; loose; 1 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN188005
    Cg—109 to 152 centimeters (42.9 to 59.8 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2) stratified stratified fine sand to very fine sand; single grain; loose; 3 percent fine prominent olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 3 percent fine prominent brown (7.5YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # MN188006