IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Clontarf
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978MN0232846
  • User Pedon ID: S1978MN0232846
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN2846
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47817
  • Print Date: 3/13/2025

    • 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: 45.0616493
  • Std. Longitude: -95.8352509
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 1200 feet south and 600 feet east of the northwest corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN023—Chippewa
  • MLRA: 102A—Rolling Till Prairie
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-FER—Fergus Falls, Minnesota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN023—Chippewa County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 45095-A7—Watson, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: William H. Brug, Jr.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Pachic 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 - Clontarf
  • PSC - 0 to 0 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Clontarf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/21/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: gray outwash
  • Landform: alluvial fan
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/21/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN284601; moist when described;
    A—20 to 48 centimeters (7.9 to 18.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN284603; moist when described;
    AB—48 to 61 centimeters (18.9 to 24.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.1 very fine roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN284604; moist when described;
    2Bw2—61 to 74 centimeters (24.0 to 29.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) loamy sand; 1 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) fine mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.1 very fine roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN284605; moist when described;
    2C1—74 to 104 centimeters (29.1 to 40.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) loamy sand; loose; 0.1 very fine roots; 11 percent fine dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN284606; moist when described;
    2C2—104 to 152 centimeters (40.9 to 59.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) loamy sand; loose; 1 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of reduced iron and 10 percent reddish brown (5YR 5/4), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments. Lab sample # MN284607; moist when described;