IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Grimstad
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974MN0271881
  • User Pedon ID: S1974MN0271881
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN1881
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49938
  • Print Date: 6/2/2024

    • 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: 47.1368484
  • Std. Longitude: -96.4030838
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 142N
  • Range: 45W
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: 105 feet north and 1050 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-B4—Ulen NW, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jacobson, Charles Carr
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy over loamy, mixed, superactive, 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 - Grimstad
  • Classificaton Date - 2/14/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Grimstad
  • 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 over loamy till
  • 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 - native shrubs
  • 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); black (10YR 2/1) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak very fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN188101
    Ak—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak very fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN188102
    Bk—38 to 58 centimeters (15.0 to 22.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) loamy fine sand; weak very fine subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN188103
    BC—58 to 79 centimeters (22.8 to 31.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine sand; single grain; loose; 2 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN188104
    Cg1—79 to 97 centimeters (31.1 to 38.2 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) fine sand; single grain; loose; 3 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 3 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 3 percent fine prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 3 percent fine prominent 5YR 4/8 (5YR 4/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN188105
    2Cg2—97 to 140 centimeters (38.2 to 55.1 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent fine prominent dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist, iron-manganese concretions in matrix and 21 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 21 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 21 percent coarse prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 21 percent coarse prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # MN188106