IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Menahga
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978MN0612548
  • User Pedon ID: S1978MN0612548
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN2548
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50719
  • Print Date: 4/28/2025

    • 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: 47.3568077
  • Std. Longitude: -93.7546310
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 56N
  • Range: 27W
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: 200 feet north and 2550 feet west of the southeast corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN061—Itasca
  • MLRA: 88—Northern Minnesota Glacial Lake Basins
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-BEM—Bemidji, Minnesota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN061—Itasca County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 47093-C7—Deer River, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Unknown
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, frigid Typic Udipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Menahga
  • Classificaton Date - 2/23/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Menahga
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 2/3/2011
  • 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: sandy outwash
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/3/2011 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and 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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    18

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    Oe—0 to 0 centimeters (0.0 to 0.0 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; fragments. Lab sample # MN254801
    E—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) loamy sand; weak very fine granular structure; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN254802
    Bw1—5 to 23 centimeters (2.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) loamy sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN254803
    Bw2—23 to 48 centimeters (9.1 to 18.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sand; single grain; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN254804
    BC—48 to 79 centimeters (18.9 to 31.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sand; single grain; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN254805
    C1—79 to 140 centimeters (31.1 to 55.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sand; single grain; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN254806
    C2—140 to 163 centimeters (55.1 to 64.2 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) sand; single grain; fragments. Lab sample # MN254807