IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Zook
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979MN063001(2939)
  • User Pedon ID: S1979MN063001(2939)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN2939
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48585
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 43.5874710
  • Std. Longitude: -95.2592773
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 101N
  • Range: 37W
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: 1100 feet west and 100 feet south of northeast corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN063—Jackson
  • 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: MN063—Jackson County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43095-E3—Sioux Valley, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ray Genrich, Gerald Floren
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Cumulic Vertic Endoaquolls
  • 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 - Zook
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Zook
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/28/1978
  • 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: alluvium
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/28/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • 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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    A1—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay; weak very fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.1 fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN293901; moist when described;
    A2—23 to 69 centimeters (9.1 to 27.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.1 fine roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN293902; moist when described;
    A3—69 to 104 centimeters (27.2 to 40.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay; moderate very fine subangular blocky parts to weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 0.1 fine roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN293903; moist when described;
    A4—104 to 132 centimeters (40.9 to 52.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.1 fine roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN293904; moist when described;
    Cg—132 to 152 centimeters (52.0 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; firm; 0.1 fine roots; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4. Lab sample # MN293905; moist when described;