IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Dorset
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978MN153046 (2807)
  • User Pedon ID: S1978MN153046 (2807)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN2807
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48552
  • Print Date: 4/24/2025

    • 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: 46.0023994
  • Std. Longitude: -95.0254593
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 129N
  • Range: 35W
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: 925 feet south and 875 feet west of the northeast corner
  • 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: 46095-A1—Clotho, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Douglas E. Miller
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Pachic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Unknown
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Dorset
  • PSC - 41 to 66 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/6/2016
  • Classifier - T. Neuenfeldt
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Arvilla
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/28/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy glaciofluvial deposits over sandy and gravelly outwash
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/28/1978 (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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—41

    41—66

    —41—

    —25—
    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

    2

    —

    —

    —

    —

    680

    —

    135

    5

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    —

    —

    —

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    A1—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; soft, friable; 2.0 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN280701; dry when described;
    A2—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, very friable; 2.0 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN280702; dry when described;
    Bt1—41 to 53 centimeters (16.1 to 20.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; soft, friable; 2.0 fine roots; 30 percent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN280703; dry when described;
    2Bt2—53 to 66 centimeters (20.9 to 26.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) loamy sand; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, firm; 0.5 fine roots; 5 percent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN280704; dry when described;
    2BC—66 to 76 centimeters (26.0 to 29.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) gravelly sand; loose; 0.1 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN280705; moist when described;
    2C—76 to 152 centimeters (29.9 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) gravelly sand; loose; 0.1 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; neutral, pH 7.2. Lab sample # MN280706; moist when described;