IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kittson
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978MN1132672
  • User Pedon ID: S1978MN0572672
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL2
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN2672
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 82868
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 48.1592522
  • Std. Longitude: -96.3958664
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 154N
  • Range: 45W
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: 200 feet south and 1400 feet east of the center
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN113—Pennington
  • MLRA: 56—Red River Valley of the North
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-FAR—Fargo, North Dakota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN113—Pennington County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 48096-B4—Viking, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: RWD, RBH
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: U of MN lab data only
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kittson
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 0 to 0 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1978
  • 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: till
  • Landform: lake plain, flat
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • 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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    A—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); sandy clay loam; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, pH meter. Lab sample # MN267201
    Bw—23 to 43 centimeters (9.1 to 16.9 inches); sandy clay loam; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, pH meter. Lab sample # MN267202
    2Bk1—43 to 53 centimeters (16.9 to 20.9 inches); gravelly clay loam; fragments; violent effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, pH meter. Lab sample # MN267203
    2Bk2—53 to 76 centimeters (20.9 to 29.9 inches); clay loam; fragments; violent effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, pH meter. Lab sample # MN267204
    2Bk3—76 to 127 centimeters (29.9 to 50.0 inches); gravelly clay loam; fragments; violent effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, pH meter. Lab sample # MN267205
    2C—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); gravelly loam; fragments; violent effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, pH meter. Lab sample # MN267206