IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Darfur
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • Local Phase: till substratum
  • User Site ID: S1974MN1731888
  • User Pedon ID: S1974MN1731888
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN1888
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49997
  • Print Date: 4/25/2025

    • 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: 44.7741318
  • Std. Longitude: -96.1418610
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 115N
  • Range: 44W
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: NW1/4NE1/4
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN173—Yellow Medicine
  • MLRA: 103—Central Iowa and Minnesota Till Prairies
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-ALB—Albert Lea, Minnesota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN173—Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44096-G2—Dawson SW, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Unknown
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Typic Endoaquolls
  • 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 - Darfur
  • Classificaton Date - 2/14/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - SND
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 1/18/2011
  • 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 glaciofluvial deposits over loamy till
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/18/2011 (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) sandy loam; weak very fine subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN188801
    A—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 1 percent medium distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN188802
    Bg1—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) loamy sand; single grain; loose; 3 percent medium distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN188803
    Bg2—51 to 79 centimeters (20.1 to 31.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) loamy sand; single grain; loose; 1 percent medium prominent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN188804
    Bg3—79 to 109 centimeters (31.1 to 42.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) loamy sand; single grain; loose; 1 percent fine prominent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # MN188805
    2Cg—109 to 152 centimeters (42.9 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay loam; firm; 50 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1) organic stains on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments.