IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Holdingford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974MN1451840
  • User Pedon ID: S1974MN1451840
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN1840
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49980
  • 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: 45.7603760
  • Std. Longitude: -94.4853897
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 126N
  • Range: 31W
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: 20 feet south and 150 feet west of the center
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN145—Stearns
  • MLRA: 57—Northern Minnesota Gray Drift
  • 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-G4—Bowlus, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Charles K. Sutton
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Mollic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Holdingford
  • Classificaton Date - 2/14/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - SND
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 1/13/2011
  • 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: loamy till
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/13/2011 (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
    • 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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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; sandy loam; weak fine granular, and weak medium granular structure; very friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN184001
    E—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; sandy loam; weak medium platy structure; very friable; 2 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN184002
    Bt1—41 to 58 centimeters (16.1 to 22.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 26 percent faint brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on vertical faces of peds; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN184003. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 854777; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 854777
    Bt2—58 to 86 centimeters (22.8 to 33.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 6 percent faint brown (7.5YR 4/3) clay films on vertical faces of peds; 8 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN184004. patchy - phpvsfiid 854778; patchy - phpvsfiid 854778
    BC—86 to 130 centimeters (33.9 to 51.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN184005
    2C1—130 to 147 centimeters (51.2 to 57.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy loam; weak fine platy, and weak medium platy structure; friable; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN184006
    2C2—147 to 191 centimeters (57.9 to 75.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; massive; friable; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # MN184007