IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Elmville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1976MN027025
  • User Pedon ID: S1976MN027025
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN2248
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47716
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 46.6882706
  • Std. Longitude: -96.5091095
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 137N
  • Range: 46W
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: 100 feet south and 1060 feet west of the northeast corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN027—Clay
  • MLRA: 56—Red River Valley of the North
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-FAR—Fargo, North Dakota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN027—Clay County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46096-F5—Baker, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jacobson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy over clayey, mixed over smectitic, superactive, frigid Aeric Calciaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Unknown
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Elmville
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Elmville
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/13/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: level 3
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy glaciolacustrine deposits over clayey glaciolacustrine deposits
  • Landscape: lake plain
  • Landform: flat
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/13/1976 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; very fine sandy loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN224801; moist when described;
    A—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) very fine sandy loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, very friable; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN224801; moist when described;
    Ak—28 to 36 centimeters (11.0 to 14.2 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; fine sandy loam; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN224802; moist when described;
    Bk1—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; fine sandy loam; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN224803; moist when described;
    Bk2—53 to 66 centimeters (20.9 to 26.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), gray (10YR 6/1), dry; loam; weak fine platy parts to weak medium platy structure; very friable; 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN224804; moist when described;
    C1—66 to 76 centimeters (26.0 to 29.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) fine sand; loose; 10 percent olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN224805; moist when described;
    2C1—76 to 140 centimeters (29.9 to 55.1 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) clay; moderate very fine angular blocky structure; moderately sticky; 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # MN224806; wet when described;