IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mahtowa
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978MN1372856
  • User Pedon ID: S1978MN1372856
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL2
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN2856
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 82879
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 47.3103294
  • Std. Longitude: -93.0630798
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 56N
  • Range: 21W
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: NW1/4NW1/4
  • 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: MN137—St. Louis County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 47093-C1—Silica, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jacobson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, frigid
  • 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
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mahtowa
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, frigid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 102 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/31/1978
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • 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: till
  • Landform: till plain, rise
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/31/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); fine sandy loam; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter. Lab sample # MN285601
    AB—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); fine sandy loam; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, pH meter. Lab sample # MN285602
    Bg1—28 to 51 centimeters (11.0 to 20.1 inches); fine sandy loam; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, pH meter. Lab sample # MN285603
    Bg2—51 to 76 centimeters (20.1 to 29.9 inches); fine sandy loam; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, pH meter. Lab sample # MN285604
    Cg—76 to 152 centimeters (29.9 to 59.8 inches); loamy sand; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH meter. Lab sample # MN285605