IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nicollet
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1975MN0332114
  • User Pedon ID: S1975MN0332114
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN2114
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50034
  • Print Date: 3/13/2025

    • 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: 44.0427017
  • Std. Longitude: -94.9646835
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 107N
  • Range: 34W
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: 2640 feet south and 1320 feet west of the northwest 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: 44094-A8—Comfrey, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Unknown
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic 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 - Nicollet
  • 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: not certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy till
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • 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
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    Ap—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) loam; cloddy parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 4 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN211401
    A—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) loam; moderate medium angular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 30 percent very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) worm casts in matrix; 3 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # MN211402
    Bw1—41 to 51 centimeters (16.1 to 20.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) worm casts in matrix; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN211403
    Bw2—51 to 66 centimeters (20.1 to 26.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 1 percent fine faint grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN211404
    Bw3—66 to 79 centimeters (26.0 to 31.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine prismatic, and weak medium prismatic structure; friable; 3 percent fine distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 6 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN211405
    Bg—79 to 99 centimeters (31.1 to 39.0 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1) loam; moderate coarse prismatic structure; friable; 3 percent medium prominent red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 8 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN211406
    Bkg—99 to 132 centimeters (39.0 to 52.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) loam; weak fine platy, and weak medium platy structure; friable; 3 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 8 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN211407
    Cg—132 to 152 centimeters (52.0 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) loam; massive parts to moderate medium angular blocky; firm; 3 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 8 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # MN211408