IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Swanlake
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978MN067150 (2792)
  • User Pedon ID: S1978MN067150 (2792)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN2792
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47921
  • 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: 45.0629311
  • Std. Longitude: -95.2460632
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 118N
  • Range: 36W
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: 275 feet east and 950 feet south of northwest 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: Allan Giencke
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Calciudolls
  • 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 - Swanlake
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Swanlake
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/11/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 2


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/11/1978 (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); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN279201; moist when described;
    Bk—20 to 48 centimeters (7.9 to 18.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.1 fine roots; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN279202; moist when described;
    C—48 to 152 centimeters (18.9 to 59.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) loam; friable; 8 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3. Lab sample # MN279203; moist when described;