IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Espelie
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978MN113004 (3236)
  • User Pedon ID: S1978MN113004 (3236)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN3236
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47898
  • 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: 47.9663887
  • Std. Longitude: -96.2890396
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 152N
  • Range: 44W
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: 1250 feet north and 150 feet west of the southeast corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN113—Pennington
  • MLRA: 56—Red River Valley of the North
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-FAR—Fargo, North Dakota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN113—Pennington County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 47096-H3—Red Lake Falls, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: MDO, RBH, JUS
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy over clayey, mixed over smectitic, frigid Typic Epiaquolls
  • 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 - Espelie
  • PSC - 0 to 0 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Espelie
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/8/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: gray outwash over gray till
  • Landform: flat
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/8/1978 (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 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), black (10YR 2/1), dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 14 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN323601; moist when described;
    A—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; sandy loam; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; 14 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN323602; moist when described;
    Bg—36 to 58 centimeters (14.2 to 22.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) loamy sand; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; 1 percent gray (N 6/), moist, masses of reduced iron and 11 percent olive yellow (2.5Y 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 11 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN323603; moist when described;
    2Cg1—58 to 97 centimeters (22.8 to 38.2 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) clay; weak fine angular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 7 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN323604; moist when described;
    2Cg2—97 to 152 centimeters (38.2 to 59.8 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) clay; firm; 10 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # MN323604; moist when described;