IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ridgeport
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979MN015004(3066)
  • User Pedon ID: S1979MN015004(3066)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN3066
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48563
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 44.2026100
  • Std. Longitude: -95.0270157
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 109N
  • Range: 35W
  • Section: 35
  • PLSS Details: 2600 feet south and 300 feet east of the northwest 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: 44095-B1—Sanborn NE, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Keith Christensen
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Pachic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Unknown
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ridgeport
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ridgeport
  • Taxon Kind - variant
  • Classificaton Date - 9/5/1978
  • 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: sandstone-siltstone
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/5/1978 (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
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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; sandy clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN306601; dry when described;
    A1—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), dry; loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN306602; dry when described;
    A2—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN306603; dry when described;
    Bw1—61 to 89 centimeters (24.0 to 35.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) gravel; very friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN306604; dry when described;
    2C1—89 to 127 centimeters (35.0 to 50.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) fine sand; loose; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN306605; dry when described;
    2C2—127 to 165 centimeters (50.0 to 65.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) very fine sandy loam; very friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8. Lab sample # MN306606; dry when described;