IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rockwood
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978MN153020 (2659)
  • User Pedon ID: S1978MN153020 (2659)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN2659
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48551
  • 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: 46.0705376
  • Std. Longitude: -94.9865723
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 130N
  • Range: 34W
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: 50 feet north and 820 feet east of the center
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN153—Todd
  • 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: MN153—Todd County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46094-A8—Browerville SW, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Charles Saari
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Glossic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: University of Minnesota
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Rockwood
  • PSC - 48 to 91 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/2013
  • Classifier - Meredith Albers
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rockwood
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/14/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: level 3
  • QA Status: level 2


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: lodgment till
  • Landscape: drumlin field
  • Landform: drumlin
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/14/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    5

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    293

    680

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    140

    5

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); 10YR 2/3 (10YR 2/3), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; 2.0 very fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN265901; moist when described;
    E—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; sandy loam; weak medium platy structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN265902; moist when described;
    BE—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 5 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN265903; moist when described;
    Bt1—48 to 74 centimeters (18.9 to 29.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 30 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores and 65 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 11 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN265904; moist when described;
    Bt2—74 to 91 centimeters (29.1 to 35.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to moderate coarse platy structure; friable; 0.1 fine roots; 30 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN265905; moist when described;
    BC—91 to 102 centimeters (35.8 to 40.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy loam; moderate medium platy structure; friable; 5 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN265906; moist when described;
    Cd—102 to 163 centimeters (40.2 to 64.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy loam; moderate fine platy parts to moderate medium platy structure; friable; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4. Lab sample # MN265907; moist when described;