IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Clarion
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1975MN0332111
  • User Pedon ID: S1975MN0332111
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN2111
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50031
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024
  • 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: 43.9502348
  • Std. Longitude: -95.4407716
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 106N
  • Range: 38W
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: 500 feet north and 000 feet east of the southwest corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN033—Cottonwood
  • 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: MN033—Cottonwood County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43095-H4—Heron Lake NW, Minnesota
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Unknown
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Pachic Hapludolls
  • 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 - Clarion
  • Classificaton Date - 2/23/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - SND
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 1/28/2011
  • 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 till
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/28/2011 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1) loam; cloddy parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN211101
    A1—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # MN211102
    A2—41 to 56 centimeters (16.1 to 22.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 50 percent black (10YR 2/1) worm casts in matrix; 3 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # MN211103
    Bw—56 to 89 centimeters (22.0 to 35.0 inches); 80 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) and 20 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) loam; strong coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN211104
    Bk1—89 to 109 centimeters (35.0 to 42.9 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 3 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 6 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN211105
    Bk2—109 to 140 centimeters (42.9 to 55.1 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 21 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 8 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN211106
    C—140 to 152 centimeters (55.1 to 59.8 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) clay loam; massive; firm; 1 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 8 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # MN211107