IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Thiefriver
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978MN1132681
  • User Pedon ID: S1978MN1132681
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN2681
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47883
  • 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: 48.1596794
  • Std. Longitude: -96.2394867
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 154N
  • Range: 43W
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: 2100 feet south and 200 feet east of the northwest 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: 48096-B2—Thief River Falls NW, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Unknown
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy over clayey, mixed over smectitic, superactive, frigid Typic Calciaquolls
  • 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 - Thiefriver
  • PSC - 0 to 0 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Thiefriver
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/6/1978
  • 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: lacustrine deposits
  • Landform: flat
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/6/1978 (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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN268101; moist when described;
    Ak—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN268102; moist when described;
    Bg1—36 to 58 centimeters (14.2 to 22.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) sand; loose; 33 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN268103; moist when described;
    Bg2—58 to 64 centimeters (22.8 to 25.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) gravelly sand; loose; 30 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described;
    2Cg1—64 to 91 centimeters (25.2 to 35.8 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) clay; very firm; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN268104; moist when described;
    2Cg2—91 to 107 centimeters (35.8 to 42.1 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) clay; very firm; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN268105; moist when described;
    2Cg3—107 to 152 centimeters (42.1 to 59.8 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) clay; very firm; 11 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # MN268106; moist when described;
    2Cg4—152 to 163 centimeters (59.8 to 64.2 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) clay; very firm; 11 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # MN268107; moist when described;