IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Keewatin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1976MN0612216
  • User Pedon ID: S1976MN0612216
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN2216
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50137
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 47.3891830
  • Std. Longitude: -93.3376007
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 57N
  • Range: 24W
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: SW1/4NE1/4SW1/4
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN061—Itasca
  • MLRA: 57—Northern Minnesota Gray Drift
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-FER—Fergus Falls, Minnesota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN061—Itasca County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 47093-D3—Lawrence Lake East, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Paul Nyberg, Raymond Diedrick
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Aquic Glossudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Keewatin
  • Classificaton Date - 2/23/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Keewatin
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 2/2/2011
  • 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: loamy till
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/2/2011 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • 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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    O—0 to 0 centimeters (0.0 to 0.0 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments.
    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silt loam; moderate medium granular, and moderate fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN221603
    E1—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) sandy loam; moderate thin platy, and moderate medium platy structure; friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN221604
    E2—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) sandy loam; moderate thin platy, and moderate medium platy structure; friable; 1 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN221605
    Ex—25 to 30 centimeters (9.8 to 11.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) fine sandy loam; massive; firm; 1 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 3 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN221606
    B/E—30 to 36 centimeters (11.8 to 14.2 inches); 75 percent brown (10YR 5/3) and 25 percent light olive gray (5Y 6/2) loam; massive; firm; 26 percent faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; clear wavy boundary. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 862293; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 862293
    Bt1—36 to 71 centimeters (14.2 to 28.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; 26 percent faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN221607. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 862294; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 862294
    Bt2—71 to 107 centimeters (28.0 to 42.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and brown (10YR 5/3) loam; moderate very coarse prismatic, and moderate medium platy, and moderate thin platy, and moderate coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 50 percent faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN221608. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 862295; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 862295
    BCd—107 to 152 centimeters (42.1 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) loam; weak very coarse prismatic, and moderate medium platy, and moderate thick platy structure; firm; 50 percent faint light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) clay films on vertical faces of peds; 21 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 21 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN221609. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 862296; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 862296
    2C—152 to 203 centimeters (59.8 to 79.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) sand; single grain; loose; fragments.