IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Canosia
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978MN137030 (2635)
  • User Pedon ID: S1978MN137030 (2635)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN2635
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48514
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 46.8069305
  • Std. Longitude: -92.2708206
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 50N
  • Range: 15W
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: NE1/4NE1/4NW1/4
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN137—St. Louis
  • MLRA: 93A—Superior and Rainy Stony and Rocky Till Plains and Moraines
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-DUL—Duluth, Minnesota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN615—St. Louis County, Minnesota, Duluth Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46092-G3—Adolph, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jerry Sharp, Kroenke
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, isotic, nonacid, frigid Typic Epiaquepts
  • 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 - Canosia
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hermantown
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • Classificaton Date - 7/31/1979
  • 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: red till
  • Landform: flat
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/31/1979 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - barren land
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other barren
  • 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 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7. Lab sample # MN263502; moist when described;
    E1—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) loam; friable; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # MN263503; moist when described;
    E2—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) loam; weak medium platy parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2. Lab sample # MN263505; moist when described;
    Bw—43 to 76 centimeters (16.9 to 29.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) very fine sandy loam; weak coarse platy parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4. Lab sample # MN263507; moist when described;
    2BC—76 to 97 centimeters (29.9 to 38.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) loam; weak medium platy parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5. Lab sample # MN263509; moist when described;
    2BCd1—97 to 112 centimeters (38.2 to 44.1 inches); 5YR 4/ (5YR 4/), loam; weak medium platy parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7. Lab sample # MN263511; moist when described;
    2BCd2—112 to 137 centimeters (44.1 to 53.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) loam; weak medium platy parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8. Lab sample # MN263513; moist when described;