IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Becker
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974MN1451908
  • User Pedon ID: S1974MN1451908
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN1908
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49988
  • Print Date: 11/27/2024

    • 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: 45.4292145
  • Std. Longitude: -94.0625458
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 123N
  • Range: 27W
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: 600 feet north and 560 feet east of the southwest corner
  • 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-D1—Clearwater, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Charles K. Sutton
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Pachic Hapludolls
  • 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 - Becker
  • Classificaton Date - 2/14/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Becker
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 1/19/2011
  • 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 alluvium
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/19/2011 (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 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine angular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN190801
    A1—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine angular blocky, and weak medium angular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; clear wavy boundary.
    A2—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; fine sandy loam; weak medium angular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN190802
    2Bw—53 to 91 centimeters (20.9 to 35.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) loamy very fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN190803
    2C1—91 to 178 centimeters (35.8 to 70.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loamy very fine sand; massive; very friable; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN190804
    2C2—178 to 183 centimeters (70.1 to 72.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) very fine sand; massive; very friable; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8. Lab sample # MN190805