IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Blooming
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1977MN0372527
User Pedon ID:
S1977MN0372527
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
UMNSSL2
Lab Pedon # -
UMN2527
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
82859
User Project ID:
2029-3
Project Name:
MLRA 103 - Ice Contact and Moraine Investigation
Print Date:
11/21/2024
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:
44.5296060
Std. Longitude:
-93.2176490
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
112N
Range:
20W
Section:
3
PLSS Details:
30 feet north and 930 feet east of the southwest corner
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-E2—Castle Rock, Minnesota
PEDON
Describers Name:
Steven J. Hundley
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Mollic Hapludalfs
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Type:
TUD pedon
Pedon Purpose:
laboratory sampling site
Pedon Record Orgin:
U of MN lab data only
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Blooming
PSC -
23 to 73 cm.
Classificaton Date -
4/28/1980
Classifier -
Maurice Stout, Jr.
Moisture Class -
udic
Moisture Subclass -
typic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Blooming
Taxonomic Class -
Mollic Hapludalfs
Taxon Kind -
series
PSC -
0 to 0 cm.
Classificaton Date -
11/3/1977
Moisture Class -
udic
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
Certification Status:
certified
QC Status:
level 1
QA Status:
level 1
SITE
Parent Material:
loess over till
Landscape:
till plain
Landform:
moraine
Drainage Class:
well
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
11/3/1977 (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
Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind
Feature Depth L-H
Feature Thickness L-RV-H
cm
mollic epipedon
argillic horizon
0—23
23—91
—23—
—68—
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
2
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—
—
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0
800
—
155
8
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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; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN252701; moist when described;
Bt1—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN252702; moist when described;
Bt2—41 to 53 centimeters (16.1 to 20.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 30 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN252703; moist when described;
2Bt3—53 to 71 centimeters (20.9 to 28.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on surfaces along root channels; 3 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN252704; moist when described;
2Bt4—71 to 91 centimeters (28.0 to 35.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 30 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN252705; moist when described;
2BC—91 to 102 centimeters (35.8 to 40.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on surfaces along root channels; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN252706; moist when described;
2C1—102 to 122 centimeters (40.2 to 48.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on surfaces along root channels; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; slightly acid, pH 6.3, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN252707; moist when described;
2C2—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine sandy loam; massive; friable; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, pH meter. Lab sample # MN252708; moist when described;