IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kingsley
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974MN163003
  • User Pedon ID: S1974MN163003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1974MN163003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1761
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 35919
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 44.9747162
  • Std. Longitude: -92.9385376
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 29N
  • Range: 21W
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: 1,240 feet west and 1,620 feet north of the middle (road intersection)
  • Location Description: about 2 miles southeast of the junction of Interstate 694 and Minnesota 212.
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN163—Washington
  • MLRA: 90—Central Wisconsin and Minnesota Thin Loess and Till
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN607—Washington and Ramsey Counties, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. V. Wroblewski, S. L. Sellnow, and H. R. Finney
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, frigid Mollic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Kingsley
  • PSC - 19 to 69 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - KINGSLEY
  • Classificaton Date - 10/22/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/22/1974 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    SECAL

    Secale

    rye

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    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

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    320

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    711

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    7.2

    21.1

    -8.3

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    AP—0 to 19 centimeters (0.0 to 7.5 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; loam; weak very fine granular structure; friable; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 15 percent by volume unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13976
    B1T—19 to 29 centimeters (7.5 to 11.4 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 21.0 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 1 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) clay films; 15 percent by volume unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13977
    B21T—29 to 48 centimeters (11.4 to 18.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) sandy loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 75 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) clay films on faces of peds; 15 percent by volume unspecified fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13978
    B22T—48 to 65 centimeters (18.9 to 25.6 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) sandy loam; weak thick platy structure; firm; 0.1 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 30 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) clay films on vertical faces of peds; 15 percent by volume unspecified fragments; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13979
    B3T—65 to 100 centimeters (25.6 to 39.4 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) sandy loam; weak medium platy structure; firm; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 10 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) clay films on faces of peds; 15 percent by volume unspecified fragments; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13980
    C1—100 to 140 centimeters (39.4 to 55.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) sandy loam; weak medium platy structure; firm; 21.0 very fine and fine interstitial pores; 15 percent by volume unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 40A13981
    C2—140 to 170 centimeters (55.1 to 66.9 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A13982. Subsample of C horizon.