IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hermantown
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978MN1372644
  • User Pedon ID: S1978MN1372644
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL2
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN2644
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 82866
  • Print Date: 6/3/2024

    • 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: 46.8465309
  • Std. Longitude: -92.5439148
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 50N
  • Range: 17W
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: 2300 feet south and 2570 feet west of the northeast corner
  • 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: MN137—St. Louis County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46092-G5—Brookston, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jerry Sharp, Engen
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, isotic, frigid Aquic Dystric Eutrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: U of MN lab data only
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hermantown
  • Classificaton Date - 1/24/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hermantown
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, frigid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 38 to 71 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/4/1978
  • 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: colluvium over till
  • Landform: till plain, flat
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/4/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); fragments.
    E1—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); silt loam; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH meter. Lab sample # MN264402
    E2—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); silt loam; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH meter. Lab sample # MN264403
    Bt1—38 to 71 centimeters (15.0 to 28.0 inches); fine sandy loam; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, pH meter. Lab sample # MN264404
    Bt2—71 to 91 centimeters (28.0 to 35.8 inches); fine sandy loam; 6 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, pH meter. Lab sample # MN264405
    BC—91 to 114 centimeters (35.8 to 44.9 inches); sandy loam; 7 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, pH meter. Lab sample # MN264406
    C—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); gravelly sandy loam; 30 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, pH meter. Lab sample # MN264407