IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Keewatin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978MN137046 (2796)
  • User Pedon ID: S1978MN137046 (2796)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN2796
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48527
  • 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: 47.5876007
  • Std. Longitude: -93.0586472
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 59N
  • Range: 21W
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: SW1/4SW1/4SE1/4
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN137—St. Louis
  • MLRA: 57—Northern Minnesota Gray Drift
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-FER—Fergus Falls, Minnesota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN621—St. Louis County, Minnesota, Virginia Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 47093-E1—Stingy Lake, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Unknown
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Aquic Glossudalfs
  • 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 - Keewatin
  • PSC - 41 to 91 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Keewatin
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/17/1978
  • 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: brown 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: 10/17/1978 (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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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) fine sandy loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN279601; moist when described;
    Eg—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) fine sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to weak medium platy structure; friable; 33 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN279602; moist when described;
    Egx—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium platy structure; firm; 33 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN279603; moist when described;
    B/E—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium platy structure; firm; 30 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 33 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN279604; moist when described;
    Bt1—41 to 69 centimeters (16.1 to 27.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium platy structure; firm; 65 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN279605; moist when described;
    Bt2—69 to 102 centimeters (27.2 to 40.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to weak medium platy structure; firm; 65 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN279606; moist when described;
    BCd—102 to 127 centimeters (40.2 to 50.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to weak medium platy structure; firm; greenish gray (10GY 5/1), moist, clay films and 5 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7. Lab sample # MN279607; moist when described;