IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Amiret
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978MN015020 (2716)
  • User Pedon ID: S1978MN015020 (2716)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN2716
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47840
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 44.2532806
  • Std. Longitude: -94.9760132
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 109N
  • Range: 34W
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: 2300 feet west and 60 feet south of the northeast 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-C8—Boise Lake, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Michael Domeier, Keith Christensen
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Calcic Hapludolls
  • 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 - Amiret
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/7/2014
  • Classifier - Kristin Brennan
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ves
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/18/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: gray till
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: moraine
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/18/1978 (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
    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 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN271601; dry when described; observed in cut
    Bw1—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN271602; dry when described; observed in cut
    Bw2—43 to 84 centimeters (16.9 to 33.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN271603; dry when described; observed in cut
    Bk—84 to 124 centimeters (33.1 to 48.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN271604; dry when described; observed in cut
    C—124 to 152 centimeters (48.8 to 59.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) loam; friable; 1 percent fine light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6. Lab sample # MN271605; dry when described; observed in cut