IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ridgeport
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978MN015026(2758)
  • User Pedon ID: S1978MN015026(2758)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN2758
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47846
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 44.2509995
  • Std. Longitude: -94.7962494
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 109N
  • Range: 33W
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 2600 feet east and 1000 feet south of the northwest 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: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic 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 - Ridgeport
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ridgeport
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/19/1978
  • 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: gray outwash
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/19/1978 (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 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 4 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN275801; dry when described;
    A—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN275802; dry when described;
    Bw—38 to 58 centimeters (15.0 to 22.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN275803; dry when described;
    2C1—58 to 79 centimeters (22.8 to 31.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) gravel; loose; 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN275804; dry when described;
    2C2—79 to 124 centimeters (31.1 to 48.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) gravel; loose; 15 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN275805; dry when described;
    2C3—124 to 152 centimeters (48.8 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) gravel; loose; 15 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5. Lab sample # MN275806; dry when described;