IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lowlein
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1976MN145126 (2288)
  • User Pedon ID: S1976MN145126 (2288)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN2288
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47762
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 45.6148186
  • Std. Longitude: -94.8942184
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 125N
  • Range: 34W
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: 60 feet north and 725 feet west of the southeast corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN145—Stearns
  • MLRA: 102A—Rolling Till Prairie
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-FER—Fergus Falls, Minnesota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN145—Stearns County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 45094-E8—Elrosa, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Al Giencke
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Oxyaquic Hapludolls
  • 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 - Lowlein
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lowlein
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/2/1976
  • 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 over gray till
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/2/1976 (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 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 0.1 fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN228801; dry when described;
    AB—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; sandy loam; weak fine granular parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.1 fine roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN228802; dry when described;
    Bw1—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) sandy loam; weak fine granular parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.1 fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN228803; dry when described;
    Bw2—51 to 61 centimeters (20.1 to 24.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sand; loose; 1 percent fine yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN228804; dry when described;
    Bw3—61 to 79 centimeters (24.0 to 31.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 1 percent fine grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # MN228805; dry when described;
    2C—79 to 152 centimeters (31.1 to 59.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) loam; friable; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent olive gray (5Y 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # MN228806; moist when described;