IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Spicer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978MN067118 (2651)
  • User Pedon ID: S1978MN064118 (2651)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN2651
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47909
  • User Project ID: 202310ALB002
  • Project Name: EVAL - MLRA 103 - Calcousta
  • 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: 45.0057602
  • Std. Longitude: -95.1527481
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 118N
  • Range: 36W
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: 1850 feet west and 650 feet south of northeast corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN067—Kandiyohi
  • 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: MN067—Kandiyohi County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 45095-A2—Raymond, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: GIENCKE
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, calcareous, mesic Typic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Spicer
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Winger
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, calcareous, mesic Typic Endoaquolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/16/1978
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 3


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: gray till
  • Landscape: lake plain
  • Landform: depression
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/16/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - barren land
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other barren
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    free carbonates

    cambic horizon

    reduced matrix

    redox concentrations

    aquic conditions

    0—43

    0—152

    43—81

    43—152

    43—152

    43—152

    —43—

    —152—

    —38—

    —109—

    —109—

    —109—
    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

    1

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN265101; moist when described;
    Ak—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.1 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN265102; moist when described;
    Bkg—43 to 81 centimeters (16.9 to 31.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.1 fine roots; 11 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN265103; moist when described;
    Cg—81 to 152 centimeters (31.9 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) loam; friable; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 19 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # MN265104; moist when described;