IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cowhorn
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1976MN0612212
  • User Pedon ID: S1976MN0612212
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN2212
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50135
  • User Project ID: DUNE_10-BEM19
  • Project Name: MLRA 88 - Glacial Lake Plain Zimmerman and Wawina Dune Influenced Catenas
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 47.0716667
  • Std. Longitude: -93.4163895
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 53N
  • Range: 24W
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: NE1/4NW1/4
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN061—Itasca
  • MLRA: 88—Northern Minnesota Glacial Lake Basins
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-BEM—Bemidji, Minnesota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN061—Itasca County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 47093-A4—Split Hand Lake, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Paul Nyberg, DRH
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, nonacid, frigid Aeric Endoaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cowhorn
  • Classificaton Date - 2/23/2012
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cowhorn
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2011
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: eolian sands
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/1/2011 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    aquic conditions

    0—20

    20—130

    38—191

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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

    1

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    180

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) loamy very fine sand; weak fine granular, and weak very fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN221201
    Bw1—20 to 23 centimeters (7.9 to 9.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) loamy very fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN221202
    Bw2—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) loamy very fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 1 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN221203
    Bg1—38 to 58 centimeters (15.0 to 22.8 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2) loamy very fine sand; weak thick platy, and weak coarse platy, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 1 percent medium distinct brown (10YR 5/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 3 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN221204
    Bg2—58 to 91 centimeters (22.8 to 35.8 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2) loamy fine sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 1 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 1 percent fine prominent black (5YR 2/1), moist, iron depletions in matrix; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN221205
    Bg3—91 to 130 centimeters (35.8 to 51.2 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) loamy very fine sand; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 1 percent fine prominent black (5YR 2/1), moist, iron depletions in matrix and 3 percent coarse prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 3 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN221206
    Cg1—130 to 157 centimeters (51.2 to 61.8 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) very fine sand; massive; very friable; 1 percent coarse prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 1 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN221207
    Cg2—157 to 191 centimeters (61.8 to 75.2 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2) sand; single grain; loose; 1 percent coarse prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments. Lab sample # MN221208