IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hamel
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1975MN1452050
  • User Pedon ID: S1975MN1452050
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN2050
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50105
  • 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: 45.6688728
  • Std. Longitude: -94.9967957
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 125N
  • Range: 34W
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: 1300 feet south and 465 feet west of the northeast corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN145—Stearns
  • MLRA: 102A—Rolling Till Prairie
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-FER—Fergus Falls, Minnesota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN145—Stearns County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 45094-F8—Sauk Centre, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Al Giencke
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Argiaquolls
  • 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 - Hamel
  • Classificaton Date - 2/23/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hamel
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2011
  • 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 alluvium over loamy till
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/27/2011 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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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    A1—0 to 36 centimeters (0.0 to 14.2 inches); black (N 2.5/),, black (10YR 2/1), dry; loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN205001
    A2—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN205002
    Btg1—53 to 74 centimeters (20.9 to 29.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 6 percent clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN205003
    2Btg2—74 to 107 centimeters (29.1 to 42.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 50 percent faint olive gray (5Y 4/2) clay films on vertical faces of peds and 50 percent faint olive gray (5Y 4/2) clay films on surfaces along pores; 1 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 2 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN205004
    2Btg3—107 to 127 centimeters (42.1 to 50.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 6 percent faint olive gray (5Y 4/2) clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 2 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN205005
    2Cg—127 to 203 centimeters (50.0 to 79.9 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) loam; massive; friable; 3 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 3 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 2 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # MN205006