IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sago
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1975MN0611983
  • User Pedon ID: S1975MN0611983
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN1983
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50063
  • User Project ID: DUNE_10-BEM19
  • Project Name: MLRA 88 - Glacial Lake Plain Zimmerman and Wawina Dune Influenced Catenas
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 47.0414734
  • Std. Longitude: -93.1840439
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 53N
  • Range: 22W
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: SW1/4SW1/4
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN061—Itasca
  • MLRA: 88—Northern Minnesota Glacial Lake Basins
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN061—Itasca County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 47093-A2—Swan River, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Paul Nyberg, Jacobsen
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, nonacid, frigid Histic Humaquepts
  • 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 - Sago
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/14/2012
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sago
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 1/24/2011
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: herbaceous organic material over eolian sands
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/24/2011 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    histic epipedon

    aquic conditions

    cambic horizon

    0—25

    0—137

    28—69

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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

    0.5

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    —

    —

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    90

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    Oa—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) muck; weak medium granular structure; very friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.
    A—25 to 28 centimeters (9.8 to 11.0 inches); black (N 2.5/), mucky silt loam; massive; friable; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary.
    Bg1—28 to 30 centimeters (11.0 to 11.8 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) loamy very fine sand; moderate thin platy, and moderate medium platy structure; very friable; 1 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; gradual broken boundary.
    Bg2—30 to 38 centimeters (11.8 to 15.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) very fine sandy loam; weak thin platy structure; very friable; 3 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 3 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN198302
    Bg3—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) loamy fine sand; weak thin platy, and weak medium platy structure; friable; 1 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 3 percent medium prominent 5YR 4/8 (5YR 4/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 3 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN198303
    Bg4—53 to 69 centimeters (20.9 to 27.2 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) loamy fine sand; massive; very friable; 21 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 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 and 21 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 21 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN198304
    Cg1—69 to 114 centimeters (27.2 to 44.9 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) fine sand; massive; very friable; 3 percent coarse prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 3 percent coarse distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN198305
    Cg2—114 to 117 centimeters (44.9 to 46.1 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) fine sand; massive; very friable; 3 percent coarse prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 3 percent coarse distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN198306
    Cg3—117 to 137 centimeters (46.1 to 53.9 inches); greenish gray (5GY 5/1) loamy fine sand; massive; friable; 1 percent medium prominent olive (5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # MN198307