IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Clearwater
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1976MN113006 (2409)
  • User Pedon ID: S1976MN113006 (2409)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN2409
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47746
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 48.0207405
  • Std. Longitude: -96.1903839
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 152N
  • Range: 43W
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: northwest corner of the NE1/4
  • Location Description: 30 feet E of APPROACH IN NW corner of NE 1/4
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN113—Pennington
  • 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: MN113—Pennington County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 48096-A2—Thief River Falls, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Unknown
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, frigid Typic Epiaquerts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Unknown
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Clearwater
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Clearwater
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/21/1976
  • 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
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/21/1976 (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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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 0.1 very fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN240901; moist when described;
    A—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1) clay; moderate very fine angular blocky parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN240902; moist when described;
    AB—30 to 53 centimeters (11.8 to 20.9 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) clay; moderate very fine angular blocky structure; firm; 0.1 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN240903; moist when described;
    Cg1—53 to 91 centimeters (20.9 to 35.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) clay; weak very fine angular blocky parts to weak fine angular blocky structure; firm; 0.1 fine roots; 1 percent fine light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN240904; moist when described;
    Cg2—91 to 117 centimeters (35.8 to 46.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay; moderate very fine angular blocky parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6. Lab sample # MN240905; moist when described;