IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Morph
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1975MN0611978
  • User Pedon ID: S1975MN0611978
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN1978
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50058
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 47.6578598
  • Std. Longitude: -94.3005905
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 148N
  • Range: 29W
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: 150 feet south and 1325 feet east of the northwest corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN061—Itasca
  • MLRA: 88—Northern Minnesota Glacial Lake Basins
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN061—Itasca County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 47094-F3—Alvwood, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Paul R. C. Nyberg
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Typic Glossaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Morph
  • PSC - 58 to 84 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/14/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Morph
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 1/24/2011
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: glaciofluvial deposits
  • Landscape: lake plain
  • Landform: flat
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/24/2011 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • 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

    ochric epipedon

    glossic horizon

    argillic horizon

    0—33

    33—58

    58—84

    —33—

    —25—

    —26—
    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

    0.5

    —

    —

    —

    —

    315

    680

    —

    135

    5

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silt loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN197801; moist when described;
    Eg—10 to 33 centimeters (3.9 to 13.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) very fine sandy loam; moderate thin platy structure; very friable; 3 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN197802; moist when described;
    B/E—33 to 58 centimeters (13.0 to 22.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN197803; moist when described;
    Btg1—58 to 76 centimeters (22.8 to 29.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 6 percent clay films on vertical faces of peds and 90 percent clay bridges between sand grains; 1 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 3 percent medium prominent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1. Lab sample # MN197804; moist when described;
    Btg2—76 to 84 centimeters (29.9 to 33.1 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silt loam; moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate fine angular blocky, and moderate thin platy, and moderate medium platy structure; firm; 26 percent faint dark gray (5Y 4/1) clay films on vertical faces of peds and 50 percent faint very dark gray (5Y 3/1) clay films on surfaces along pores; 3 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 3 percent medium distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1. Lab sample # MN197805; moist when described;
    BCg—84 to 102 centimeters (33.1 to 40.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 26 percent clay bridges between sand grains; 1 percent medium distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8. Lab sample # MN197806; moist when described;
    Cg1—102 to 117 centimeters (40.2 to 46.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine sandy loam; massive; friable; 3 percent coarse distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 3 percent medium distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9. Lab sample # MN197807; moist when described;
    Cg2—117 to 140 centimeters (46.1 to 55.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) loamy fine sand; single grain; friable; 3 percent medium distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9. Lab sample # MN197808; moist when described;
    Cg3—140 to 152 centimeters (55.1 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silt loam; massive; firm; 3 percent medium distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 3 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9. Lab sample # MN197809; moist when described;