IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kingsley
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1977MN037001(2398)
  • User Pedon ID: S1977MN037001(2398)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN2398
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47787
  • User Project ID: 2027-2
  • Project Name: MLRA 103 - Ice Contact and Moraine Investigation
  • 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: 44.7348404
  • Std. Longitude: -93.2485809
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 115N
  • Range: 20W
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: 1050 feet north and 100 feet west of the southeast corner of the SW1/4
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN037—Dakota
  • MLRA: 103—Central Iowa and Minnesota Till Prairies
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-ALB—Albert Lea, Minnesota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN037—Dakota County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44093-F2—Farmington, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Unknown
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Mollic Hapludalfs
  • 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 - Kingsley
  • PSC - 30 to 69 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kingsley
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 3/5/1977
  • 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: moraine
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/5/1977 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—20

    30—69

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    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

    3

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    225

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    A—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN239801; dry when described;
    E—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN239802; moist when described;
    Bt1—30 to 56 centimeters (11.8 to 22.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN239803; moist when described;
    Bt2—56 to 69 centimeters (22.0 to 27.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN239804; moist when described;
    BC—69 to 97 centimeters (27.2 to 38.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4) and brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN239805; moist when described;
    C1—97 to 122 centimeters (38.2 to 48.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sandy loam; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN239806
    C2—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sandy loam; fragments. Lab sample # MN239807