IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Eleva
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1976MN055038
  • User Pedon ID: S1976MN055038
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL2
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN2063
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 82792
  • 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: 43.8280908
  • Std. Longitude: -91.5467990
  • Datum: WGS84
  • GPS - Positional Error: 10.00
  • Township: 104N
  • Range: 6W
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: 1990 feet south and 1100 feet east of the northwest corner
  • Location Description: NE1/4SW1/4NW1/4
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN055—Houston
  • MLRA: 105—Upper Mississippi River Bedrock Controlled Uplands and Valleys
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-ONA—Onalaska, Wisconsin
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN055—Houston County, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Unknown
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC6.0B
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Eleva
  • PSC - 30 to 80 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/27/2013
  • Classifier - Unknown
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Eleva
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 30 to 80 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/27/2013
  • Classifier - Unknown
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • 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: slope alluvium over residuum
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Bedrock: weakly coherent sandstone, unspecified at 79cm
  • Geology: Dresbach formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • RaCA Information:
  • Plot/Site Set Up By - Unknown
  • Plot or Site Recorder - Unknown

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/27/2013 (entry creation date)
  • Data Collector: Unknown
  • Air Photo ID: F-1
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, paralithic

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    paralithic contact

    paralithic materials

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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

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    90

    899

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    155

    8

    22

    -5

    12

    22

    2

    558

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    0009

    LA CRESCENT 0.7 N, MN US

    NOAA
    A1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) sandy loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; common very fine roots; common very fine pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN500324
    A2—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); 60 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and brown (10YR 5/3), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; common fine roots; common fine pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN500325
    AB—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); 75 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and 25 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; many very fine roots and many fine roots; many very fine and many fine pores; clay films and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) coats; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN500326. patchy - phpvsfiid 1260034; patchy - phpvsfiid 1260034
    Bt1—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable; common very fine roots; common very fine pores; organoargillans; 5 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN500327. 2-5% small fragments
    Bt2—51 to 79 centimeters (20.1 to 31.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard, very friable; few fine roots; common very fine pores; light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silica coats; 5 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN500328. 2-5% small fragments
    Cr—79 to 152 centimeters (31.1 to 59.8 inches); bedrock; fragments. appears to be soft sandstone of Dresbach formation