IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Effie

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S1977MN0612449

User Pedon ID: S1977MN0612449

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1

Lab Pedon # - UMN2449

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47777

User Project ID: AGLP_10-BEM22

Project Name: MLRA 88 - Agassiz Lake Plain Effie Till and Clayey Lacustrine Catenas

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: 47.8530312

Std. Longitude: -93.7332230

Datum: WGS84

Township: 62N

Range: 27W

Section: 24

PLSS Details: NW1/4NE1/4

Country: US—United States

State: Minnesota

County: MN061—Itasca

MLRA: 88—Northern Minnesota Glacial Lake Basins

Regional Office: NC—North Central

MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-BEM—Bemidji, Minnesota

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN061—Itasca County, Minnesota

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 47093-G6—Effie, Minnesota

PEDON

Describers Name: Paul Nyberg

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, frigid Typic Endoaqualfs

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 - Effie

PSC - 0 to 0 cm.

Classificaton Date - 5/16/2022

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Chilgren

Taxon Kind - series

Classificaton Date - 11/14/1977

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

Certification Status: certified

QC Status: level 1

QA Status: level 2

SITE

Parent Material: till

Landscape: lake plain

Landform: flat, flat

Geomorphic Component Flats: dip

Slope Complexity: simple

Slope Shape Across: linear

Slope Shape Down: linear

Drainage Class: poorly

Geology: Wisconsinan formation.

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 11/14/1977 (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
ochric epipedon albic horizon aquic conditions argillic horizon secondary carbonates	0—10 0—10 0—152 10—38 38—152	—- —- —- —- —-

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
1	—	—	—	—	45	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

Oa—0 to 0 centimeters (0.0 to 0.0 inches); black (N 2/), moderately decomposed plant material; very friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN244901; moist when described;

Eg—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) loam; 45 percent sand; 45 percent silt; 10 percent clay; moderate medium platy structure; friable; 10 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent fine light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-40-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN244902; moist when described;

Btg1—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) loam; 40 percent sand; 35 percent silt; 23 percent clay; firm; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN244903; moist when described;

Btg2—18 to 38 centimeters (7.1 to 15.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay loam; 36 percent sand; 28 percent silt; 37 percent clay; firm; 65 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent fine light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-40-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN244904; moist when described;

BCg—38 to 48 centimeters (15.0 to 18.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay loam; 31 percent sand; 36 percent silt; 33 percent clay; firm; 5 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-40-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN244905; moist when described;

Cg1—48 to 81 centimeters (18.9 to 31.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) clay loam; 21 percent sand; 42 percent silt; 37 percent clay; weak fine angular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent fine light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-40-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN244906; moist when described;

Cg2—81 to 152 centimeters (31.9 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) clay loam; 24 percent sand; 42 percent silt; 33 percent clay; weak fine angular blocky parts to weak fine prismatic structure; firm; 5 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 2.5/2), moist, iron stains on all faces of peds; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent fine light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-40-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; strong effervescence. Lab sample # MN244907; moist when described;