IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Menahga
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1976MN0612230
  • User Pedon ID: S1976MN0612230
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN2230
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50145
  • User Project ID: FY17_BEM_MLRA001
  • Project Name: MLRA 57 - Sandy Outwash Catena - Bemidji Sand Plain
  • 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: 47.5707016
  • Std. Longitude: -93.2354507
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 59N
  • Range: 23W
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: NE1/4E1/4
  • 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-BEM—Bemidji, Minnesota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN061—Itasca County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 47093-E2—OLeary Lake, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jerry Sharp, Castle
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, frigid Typic Udipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Menahga
  • Classificaton Date - 2/23/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Menahga
  • 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: outwash
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • 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 - crop trees
  • 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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    1.5

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    Oe—0 to 0 centimeters (0.0 to 0.0 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; fragments.
    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN223001
    E—5 to 8 centimeters (2.0 to 3.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN223001
    Bw1—8 to 30 centimeters (3.1 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sand; weak medium subangular blocky, and single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN223002
    Bw2—30 to 71 centimeters (11.8 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN223003
    BC—71 to 97 centimeters (28.0 to 38.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN223004
    C—97 to 178 centimeters (38.2 to 70.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2. Lab sample # MN223005