IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Arvilla
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974MN145002 (1817)
  • User Pedon ID: S1974MN145002 (1817)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN1817
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47697
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 45.3827019
  • Std. Longitude: -94.2464294
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 122N
  • Range: 28W
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: 890 feet south and 1250 feet east of the northwest corner of NE1/4
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN145—Stearns
  • MLRA: 91A—Central Minnesota Sandy Outwash
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-FER—Fergus Falls, Minnesota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN145—Stearns County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 45094-D2—Saint Augusta, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Charles Saari
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, frigid Calcic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Unknown
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Arvilla
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/6/2013
  • Classifier - Tom Neuenfeldt
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Unnamed 41t
  • Classificaton Date - 7/31/1974
  • 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 glaciofluvial deposits over sandy and gravelly outwash
  • Landscape: outwash plain
  • Landform: flat
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/31/1974 (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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    calcic horizon

    0—20

    20—41

    66—104

    —20—

    —21—

    —38—
    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

    1

    —

    —

    —

    —

    700

    —

    150

    6

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    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    —

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) gravelly loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 20 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; neutral, pH 6.9; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN181701; moist when described;
    Bw1—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) gravelly loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 20 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; neutral, pH 6.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN181702; moist when described;
    Bw2—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN181703; moist when described;
    2Bw3—41 to 66 centimeters (16.1 to 26.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loamy coarse sand; single grain; loose; 8 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; slightly acid, pH 6.3; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN181704; moist when described;
    2Bk1—66 to 84 centimeters (26.0 to 33.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose; 25 percent coarse distinct irregular moderately coherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, carbonate concretions with clear boundaries on bottom of rock fragments; 30 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; violent effervescence; neutral, pH 6.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN181705; moist when described;
    2Bk2—84 to 104 centimeters (33.1 to 40.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) gravelly sand; single grain; loose; 25 percent coarse distinct irregular moderately coherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, carbonate concretions with clear boundaries on bottom of rock fragments; 12 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN181706; moist when described;
    2C—104 to 142 centimeters (40.9 to 55.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sand; single grain; loose; 12 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # MN181707; moist when described;