IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lura
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978MN063005(2594)
  • User Pedon ID: S1978MN063005(2594)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN2594
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47904
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 43.6935005
  • Std. Longitude: -95.4150085
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 103N
  • Range: 38W
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: 1800 FEET N & 100 FEET E OF SW CORNER
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN063—Jackson
  • MLRA: 103—Central Iowa and Minnesota Till Prairies
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN063—Jackson County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43095-F4—Brewster, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: FLOREN & GENRICH
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Cumulic Vertic Epiaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Lura
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/2015
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lura
  • Classificaton Date - 6/19/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: lacustrine deposits
  • Landform: depression lake plain
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/19/1978 (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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.1 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN259401; moist when described;
    A—20 to 76 centimeters (7.9 to 29.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; silty clay; strong fine angular blocky parts to weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 0.1 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN259402; moist when described;
    Bg—76 to 109 centimeters (29.9 to 42.9 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) silty clay; moderate fine angular blocky parts to weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 0.1 fine roots; 11 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN259403; moist when described;
    Cg—109 to 152 centimeters (42.9 to 59.8 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silty clay; firm; 11 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6. Lab sample # MN259404; moist when described;