IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Clarion
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978MN091002(2576)
  • User Pedon ID: S1978MN091002(2576)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN2576
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47932
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 43.7472687
  • Std. Longitude: -94.7515869
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 103N
  • Range: 33W
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: 660 feet east and 100 feet south of the northwest corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN091—Martin
  • 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: MN091—Martin County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43094-F7—Alpha, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ken Matzdorf, Carroll Oskvig
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • 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 - 5/2/1978
  • 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: brown till
  • Landform: rise
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/2/1978 (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 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.1; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN257601; moist when described;
    A—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 5 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on surfaces along root channels; 4 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN257602; moist when described;
    Bw1—36 to 46 centimeters (14.2 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; 0.1 fine roots; 65 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on surfaces along root channels; 4 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # MN257603; dry when described;
    Bw2—46 to 84 centimeters (18.1 to 33.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN257604; dry when described;
    Bk—84 to 102 centimeters (33.1 to 40.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN257605; dry when described;
    C—102 to 152 centimeters (40.2 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; 11 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; 8 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5. Lab sample # MN257606; dry when described;