IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Brownton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979MN015005(3067)
  • User Pedon ID: S1979MN015005(3067)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN3067
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48564
  • User Project ID: 2028-2
  • Project Name: MLRA 103 - Brownton - Corvuso - Harps - Harpster update
  • Print Date: 4/27/2025

    • 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: 44.3433990
  • Std. Longitude: -94.5490494
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 110N
  • Range: 31W
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: 1000 feet north and 900 feet east of the southwest corner
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN015—Brown
  • MLRA: 103—Central Iowa and Minnesota Till Prairies
  • 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-silty, mixed, superactive, calcareous, mesic Typic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Unknown
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Brownton
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Brownton
  • 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: clayey lacustrine deposits over loamy till
  • Landform: flat
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/10/2022 (entry creation 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 (N 2/),, very dark gray (N 3/),, dry; silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; strong effervescence; neutral, pH 7.1; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN306701; moist when described;
    A1—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); black (N 2/),, very dark gray (N 3/),, dry; silty clay; weak fine granular structure; firm; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # MN306702; moist when described;
    Bg1—41 to 51 centimeters (16.1 to 20.1 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) silty clay; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN306703; moist when described;
    Bg2—51 to 94 centimeters (20.1 to 37.0 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) silty clay loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN306704; moist when described;
    Cg1—94 to 117 centimeters (37.0 to 46.1 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) fine sandy loam; friable; 11 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 15 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN306705; moist when described;
    2Cg2—117 to 152 centimeters (46.1 to 59.8 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) clay loam; friable; 33 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 8 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7. Lab sample # MN306706; moist when described;