IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Alango
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978MN137014 (2567)
  • User Pedon ID: S1978MN137014 (2567)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN2567
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48506
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 47.7179604
  • Std. Longitude: -92.8256912
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 61N
  • Range: 20W
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: 2500 feet north and 300 feet west of the southeast corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN137—St. Louis
  • MLRA: 88—Northern Minnesota Glacial Lake Basins
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-BEM—Bemidji, Minnesota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN621—St. Louis County, Minnesota, Virginia Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 47092-F7—Dark Lake, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jerry Sharp, Jacobson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Very-fine, smectitic, frigid Chromic Vertic Epiaqualfs
  • 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 - Alango
  • PSC - 13 to 46 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Indus
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/23/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey glaciolacustrine deposits
  • Landscape: lake plain
  • Landform: flat
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/23/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • 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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    A—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 very fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN256701; moist when described;
    Eg—3 to 13 centimeters (1.2 to 5.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN256702; moist when described;
    Btg1—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.1 very fine roots; 5 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds and 30 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 33 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN256703; moist when described;
    Btg2—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.1 very fine roots; 30 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 11 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN256704; moist when described;
    BCg—46 to 64 centimeters (18.1 to 25.2 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.1 very fine roots; 33 percent greenish gray (5G 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN256705; moist when described;
    Cg—64 to 152 centimeters (25.2 to 59.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) clay; moderate medium platy structure; firm; 33 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9. Lab sample # MN256706; moist when described;