IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nicollet
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979MN015001 (3063)
  • User Pedon ID: S1979MN015001 (3063)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN3063
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48560
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 44.3477898
  • Std. Longitude: -94.5440826
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 110N
  • Range: 31W
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: 2600 feet north and 2200 feet east of the southwest corner
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN015—Brown
  • MLRA: 103—Central Iowa and Minnesota Till Prairies
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-ALB—Albert Lea, Minnesota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN015—Brown County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44094-C5—Essig, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Michael Domeier, Keith Christensen
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Hapludolls
  • 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 - Nicollet
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Nicollet
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/17/1979
  • 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: loamy till
  • Landform: till plain
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: flat
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/17/1979 (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
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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; clay loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN306301; moist when described;
    A—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN306302; moist when described;
    Bw1—43 to 76 centimeters (16.9 to 29.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN306303; wet when described;
    Bw2—76 to 91 centimeters (29.9 to 35.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent olive gray (5Y 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN306304; wet when described;
    C1—91 to 112 centimeters (35.8 to 44.1 inches); olive (5Y 5/3) clay loam; friable; 1 percent medium gray (5Y 6/1), moist, masses of reduced iron and 33 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN306305; wet when described;
    C2—112 to 152 centimeters (44.1 to 59.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) clay loam; friable; 33 percent olive gray (5Y 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; 6 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN306306; wet when described;