IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Keewatin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1977MN0612459
  • User Pedon ID: S1977MN0612459
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN2459
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47782
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 47.4520111
  • Std. Longitude: -93.2204361
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 57N
  • Range: 23W
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: SE1/4NE1/4
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN061—Itasca
  • MLRA: 57—Northern Minnesota Gray Drift
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-FER—Fergus Falls, Minnesota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN061—Itasca County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 47093-D2—Nashwauk, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Unknown
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Aquic Hapludalfs
  • 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 - Keewatin
  • PSC - 0 to 0 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Keewatin
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/9/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • 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
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/9/1977 (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
    • 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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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN245902; moist when described;
    E1—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) fine sandy loam; moderate fine platy structure; friable; 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent fine yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN245903; moist when described;
    E2—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine sandy loam; moderate fine platy structure; friable; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, worm casts in matrix; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN245901; moist when described;
    Ex3—28 to 33 centimeters (11.0 to 13.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) fine sandy loam; firm; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described;
    Bt1—33 to 41 centimeters (13.0 to 16.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loam; firm; 5 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described;
    Bt2—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) loam; firm; 5 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN245904; moist when described;
    Bt3—61 to 91 centimeters (24.0 to 35.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) loam; firm; 5 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent 5YR 4/8 (5YR 4/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN245905; moist when described;
    BC—91 to 124 centimeters (35.8 to 48.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) loam; moderate fine platy parts to weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 1 percent 5YR 4/8 (5YR 4/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN245907; moist when described;
    BCd—124 to 218 centimeters (48.8 to 85.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loam; weak fine platy structure; firm; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # MN245908; moist when described;