IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blue Earth
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1977MN091002(2395)
  • User Pedon ID: S1977MN091002(2395)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN2395
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47811
  • Print Date: 4/28/2025

    • 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: 43.6435890
  • Std. Longitude: -94.4467163
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 102N
  • Range: 30W
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: 455 feet south and 200 feet east of northwest corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN091—Martin
  • 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: MN091—Martin County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43094-F4—Fairmont, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Richard Paulson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, calcareous, mesic Mollic Fluvaquents
  • 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 - Blue Earth
  • PSC - 0 to 130 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/12/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Blue Earth
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/1976
  • 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: alluvium
  • Landform: kettle
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/27/1976 (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 30 centimeters (0.0 to 11.8 inches); 5Y 2.5/ (5Y 2.5/),, dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; mucky silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN239501; moist when described;
    C1—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches); 5Y 2.5/ (5Y 2.5/),, dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; mucky silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak very coarse prismatic structure; very friable; 0.5 fine roots; 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and in pores; 11 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN239502; moist when described;
    C2—51 to 76 centimeters (20.1 to 29.9 inches); 5Y 2.5/ (5Y 2.5/),, 5Y 4/ (5Y 4/),, dry; mucky silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN239503; moist when described;
    C3—76 to 107 centimeters (29.9 to 42.1 inches); 5Y 4/ (5Y 4/),, 5Y 4/ (5Y 4/),, dry; silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.1 fine roots; 11 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.2; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN239504; moist when described;
    C4—107 to 127 centimeters (42.1 to 50.0 inches); black (5Y 2.5/1), dark gray (5Y 4/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.1 fine roots; 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4. Lab sample # MN239505; moist when described;
    C5—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); 5Y 2.5/3 (5Y 2.5/3), gray (5Y 6/1), dry; silty clay loam; 0.1 fine roots; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; neutral, pH 7.2.; moist when described;