IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Klossner
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978MN015001 (2697)
  • User Pedon ID: S1978MN015001 (2697)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN2697
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47820
  • Print Date: 4/1/2025

    • 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: 44.3121109
  • Std. Longitude: -94.8156662
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 110N
  • Range: 33W
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: 2500 feet west and 200 feet north of the southeast corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN015—Brown
  • 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: MN015—Brown County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44094-C7—Evan, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Michael Domeier, Keith Christensen
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, euic, mesic Terric Haplosaprists
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Klossner
  • PSC - 0 to 130 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Palms
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/17/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: organic material over gray till
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/17/1978 (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
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    Oap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; moderately decomposed plant material; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described;
    Oa—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; moderately decomposed plant material; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described;
    A1—41 to 109 centimeters (16.1 to 42.9 inches); black (N 2/),, very dark gray (N 3/),, dry; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN269701; moist when described;
    A2—109 to 145 centimeters (42.9 to 57.1 inches); black (5Y 2.5/1), very dark gray (5Y 3/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN269702; moist when described;
    Cg—145 to 178 centimeters (57.1 to 70.1 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; friable; 33 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3. Lab sample # MN269703; moist when described;