IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Markey
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978MN1132688
  • User Pedon ID: S1978MN1132688
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN2688
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47890
  • 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: 47.9656601
  • Std. Longitude: -95.7744675
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 152N
  • Range: 40W
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: 400 feet north and 75 feet east of the southwest 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: 47095-H7—Roland, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Unknown
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, euic, frigid Terric Haplosaprists
  • 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 - Markey
  • PSC - 0 to 0 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Markey
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1978
  • 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: organic material over lacustrine deposits
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • 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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    Oap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) moderately decomposed plant material; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described;
    Oa1—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) moderately decomposed plant material; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described;
    Oa2—38 to 66 centimeters (15.0 to 26.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) moderately decomposed plant material; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described;
    2A1—66 to 74 centimeters (26.0 to 29.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN268801; moist when described;
    2A2—74 to 81 centimeters (29.1 to 31.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) sandy loam; weak very fine granular parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN268802; moist when described;
    2Cg1—81 to 91 centimeters (31.9 to 35.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine sand; loose; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent 2.5Y 6/ (2.5Y 6/), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN268803; moist when described;
    2Cg2—91 to 109 centimeters (35.8 to 42.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine sand; loose; 1 percent olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN268804; moist when described;
    2Cg3—109 to 124 centimeters (42.9 to 48.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) fine sand; loose; 1 percent 2.5Y 4/6 (2.5Y 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN268805; moist when described;
    2Cg4—124 to 145 centimeters (48.8 to 57.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine sand; loose; 1 percent olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN268806; moist when described;
    2Cg5—145 to 165 centimeters (57.1 to 65.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) fine sand; loose; 1 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # MN268807; moist when described;