IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Clarion
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978MN063003 (2585)
  • User Pedon ID: S1978MN063003 (2585)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN2585
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47902
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 43.8018303
  • Std. Longitude: -94.9498672
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 104N
  • Range: 34W
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: 1250 feet east and 950 feet south of northwest corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN063—Jackson
  • 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: MN063—Jackson County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43094-G8—Bergen, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ray Genrich, Gerald Floren
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-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 - Clarion
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Clarion
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: gray till
  • Landform: moraine
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1978 (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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN258501; moist when described;
    A—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN258502; moist when described;
    Bw—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN258503; moist when described;
    C1—46 to 71 centimeters (18.1 to 28.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; 4 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN258504; moist when described;
    C2—71 to 152 centimeters (28.0 to 59.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) loam; friable; 11 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; 4 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7. Lab sample # MN258505; moist when described;