IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ulen
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1976MN0272261
  • User Pedon ID: S1976MN0272261
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN2261
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47723
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 46.9943390
  • Std. Longitude: -96.4761505
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 141N
  • Range: 46W
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: 940 feet north and 680 feet east of the southwest 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-H4—Hawley NW, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Svitak
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, frigid Aquic Calciudolls
  • 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 - Ulen
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ulen
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/26/1976
  • 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
  • Landform: flat
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/26/1976 (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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    Akp—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) fine sandy loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; soft; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN226101; dry when described;
    Ak—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) loamy fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard; fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN226102; dry when described;
    Bk1—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) loamy fine sand; weak very fine granular structure; slightly hard; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN226103; dry when described;
    Bk2—48 to 64 centimeters (18.9 to 25.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine sand; friable; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN226104; moist when described;
    C1—64 to 84 centimeters (25.2 to 33.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine sand; loose; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN226105; moist when described;
    C2—84 to 104 centimeters (33.1 to 40.9 inches); pale yellow (2.5Y 7/3) fine sand; loose; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN226106; moist when described;
    Cg3—104 to 152 centimeters (40.9 to 59.8 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2) 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 33 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # MN226107; moist when described;