IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Seaforth
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979MN015002 (3064)
  • User Pedon ID: S1979MN015002 (3064)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN3064
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48561
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 44.2502518
  • Std. Longitude: -94.9882813
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 109N
  • Range: 35W
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: 1200 feet south and 200 feet west of the northeast corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN015—Brown
  • MLRA: 103—Central Iowa and Minnesota Till Prairies
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-ALB—Albert Lea, Minnesota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN015—Brown County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44094-C8—Boise Lake, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Michael Domeier, Keith Christensen
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Calciudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Seaforth
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Classifier - K. Brennan
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Seaforth
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/22/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-loamy till
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/22/1979 (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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    A—0 to 30 centimeters (0.0 to 11.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN306401; moist when described;
    Bw—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN306402; moist when described;
    Bk—46 to 81 centimeters (18.1 to 31.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent fine yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 8 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN306403; moist when described;
    C1—81 to 122 centimeters (31.9 to 48.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) sandy loam; very friable; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent gray (5Y 6/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; 7 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN306404; moist when described;
    C2—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) loam; friable; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent light olive gray (5Y 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; 6 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7. Lab sample # MN306405; moist when described;