IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Okoboji
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1977MN1272516
  • User Pedon ID: S1977MN064-000 (2516)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN2516
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47800
  • Print Date: 11/13/2024

    • 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: 44.4350204
  • Std. Longitude: -94.9531174
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 111N
  • Range: 34W
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: 1600 feet west and 2450 feet south of the northeast corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN127—Redwood
  • 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: MN127—Redwood County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44094-D8—Morgan, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Cumulic Vertic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Okoboji
  • PSC - 0 to 0 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Okoboji
  • Classificaton Date - 10/20/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: gray outwash
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/20/1977 (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
    • 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); black (N 2/), silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN251601; moist when described;
    A1—23 to 48 centimeters (9.1 to 18.9 inches); black (N 2/), silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN251602; moist when described;
    A2—48 to 71 centimeters (18.9 to 28.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent olive gray (5Y 5/2), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN251603; moist when described;
    A3—71 to 127 centimeters (28.0 to 50.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent olive gray (5Y 5/2), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN251604; moist when described;
    Bg—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); olive (5Y 5/3) silty clay loam; friable; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5. Lab sample # MN251605; moist when described;