IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Donaldson
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1976MN0272250
  • User Pedon ID: S1976MN0272250
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN2250
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47718
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 46.8376122
  • Std. Longitude: -96.6543503
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 139N
  • Range: 47W
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: 1585 feet north and 650 feet west of the southeast 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-G6—Sabin, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jacobson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy over clayey, mixed over smectitic, superactive, frigid Aquic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Unknown
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Donaldson
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Donaldson
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/12/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: lacustrine deposits over lacustrine deposits
  • Landform: flat
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/12/1976 (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 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; loam; weak very fine granular structure; hard, friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN225001; dry when described;
    BA—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; sandy clay loam; weak very fine platy structure; slightly hard; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN225005; dry when described;
    Bw—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loam; weak very fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN225009; dry when described;
    BC—53 to 66 centimeters (20.9 to 26.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) sandy loam; weak very fine granular structure; slightly hard, very friable; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN225010; dry when described;
    C1—66 to 81 centimeters (26.0 to 31.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) loamy fine sand; slightly hard, very friable; 10 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN225011; dry when described;
    2Cg2—81 to 140 centimeters (31.9 to 55.1 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) clay; moderate fine angular blocky parts to strong medium angular blocky structure; moderately sticky; 11 percent light gray (5Y 7/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # MN225012; wet when described;