IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Smiley
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1976MN113008 (2405)
  • User Pedon ID: S1976MN113008 (2405)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN2405
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47748
  • 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: 48.0850983
  • Std. Longitude: -96.1114578
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 153N
  • Range: 42W
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: southwest corner of NW1/4
  • Location Description: about 35 feet E of approach
  • 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-A1—Hazel, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Unknown
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Aquic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Unknown
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Smiley
  • PSC - 15 to 30 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Smiley
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/22/1976
  • 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: gray till
  • Landform: flat
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/22/1976 (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); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.1 very fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN240501; moist when described;
    Bt1—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay loam; moderate very fine angular blocky parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN240502; moist when described;
    Bt2—30 to 38 centimeters (11.8 to 15.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) loam; weak very fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.1 fine roots; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN240503; moist when described;
    Bkg1—38 to 69 centimeters (15.0 to 27.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.1 very fine roots; yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN240504; moist when described;
    Bkg2—69 to 84 centimeters (27.2 to 33.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) loam; weak very fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN240505; moist when described;
    Cg—84 to 117 centimeters (33.1 to 46.1 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6. Lab sample # MN240506; moist when described;