IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ossian
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1975MN055046
  • User Pedon ID: S1975MN055046
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL2
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN2067
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 82795
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 43.8285078
  • Std. Longitude: -91.5410073
  • Datum: WGS84
  • GPS - Positional Error: 10.00
  • Township: 104N
  • Range: 6W
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: NW1/4SW1/4NE1/4
  • Location Description: close to where footslope begins (within 25')
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN055—Houston
  • MLRA: 105—Upper Mississippi River Bedrock Controlled Uplands and Valleys
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-ONA—Onalaska, Wisconsin
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN055—Houston County, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Unknown
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Argiaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC6.0B
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ossian
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/11/1975
  • Classifier - Unknown
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ossian
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Argiaquolls
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/11/1975
  • Classifier - Unknown
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • 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: loess
  • Landform: terrace
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • RaCA Information:
  • Plot/Site Set Up By - Unknown
  • Plot or Site Recorder - Unknown

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/11/1975 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Unknown
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    aquic conditions

    argillic horizon

    albic horizon

    redox concentrations

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

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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

    2

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    899

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    155

    8

    22

    -5

    12

    22

    2

    558

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    0009

    LA CRESCENT 0.7 N, MN US

    NOAA
    A1—0 to 26 centimeters (0.0 to 10.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; 18 percent clay; weak medium platy parts to moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium platy parts to moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; many very fine roots and many fine roots; many very fine and many fine pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN500160. some concentrations of 10YR4/4 in the lower part caused by animal workings
    A2—26 to 41 centimeters (10.2 to 16.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; 18 percent clay; moderate medium platy, and moderate fine platy parts to moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few fine roots; common very fine and common fine pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN500161
    E—41 to 56 centimeters (16.1 to 22.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; 18 percent clay; reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium platy parts to moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few fine roots; common very fine tubular and common fine tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN500162
    Bt1—56 to 89 centimeters (22.0 to 35.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) silt loam; 20 percent clay; strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine prominent and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium prominent mottles; moderate coarse prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky, and strong fine angular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few fine roots; common very fine tubular pores; organic stains on surfaces along pores and clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN500163
    Bt2—89 to 112 centimeters (35.0 to 44.1 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) silt loam; 26 percent clay; strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine prominent and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium prominent and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate coarse prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky, and strong coarse prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; common fine tubular pores; dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN500164
    Bt3—112 to 147 centimeters (44.1 to 57.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silt loam; 25 percent clay; strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine prominent and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium prominent and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine faint mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, organoargillans on surfaces along pores and dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, organoargillans on surfaces along root channels; yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese masses; 1 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, worm casts; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN500165
    C—147 to 183 centimeters (57.9 to 72.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silt loam; 14 percent clay; grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine faint and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine prominent and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium prominent mottles; weak coarse platy structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common fine tubular pores; dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on surfaces along root channels and dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores; black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese masses; fragments. Lab sample # MN500166