IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blue Earth
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978MN015031(2773)
  • User Pedon ID: S1978MN015031(2773)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN2773
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47850
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 44.1809998
  • Std. Longitude: -94.9525604
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 108N
  • Range: 34W
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 2100 feet east and 200 feet north of the southwest 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-B8—Springfield, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Keith Christensen
  • 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 - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Blue Earth
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/15/1978
  • 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: lacustrine deposits
  • Landform: flat
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/15/1978 (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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    Oap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); black (5Y 2.5/1) moderately decomposed plant material; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described;
    A—25 to 66 centimeters (9.8 to 26.0 inches); black (5Y 2.5/1) mucky silt loam; weak fine platy structure; very friable, slightly sticky; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN277301; moist when described;
    2Cg1—66 to 79 centimeters (26.0 to 31.1 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) silt loam; friable, slightly sticky; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN277302; moist when described;
    2Cg2—79 to 124 centimeters (31.1 to 48.8 inches); black (5Y 2.5/1) silt loam; friable, slightly sticky; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN277303; moist when described;
    2Cg3—124 to 152 centimeters (48.8 to 59.8 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) silt loam; friable, slightly sticky; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN277304; moist when described;
    2Cg4—152 to 190 centimeters (59.8 to 74.8 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) silt loam; friable, slightly sticky; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8. Lab sample # MN277305; moist when described;