IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Waldorf
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979MN063002 (2973)
  • User Pedon ID: S1979MN063002 (2973)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN2973
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48586
  • 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: 43.5030518
  • Std. Longitude: -95.1125641
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 101N
  • Range: 36W
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: 800 feet north and 500 feet east of southwest 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-E1—Lakefield SE, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: GENRICH & FLOREN
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Vertic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Waldorf
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/18/2014
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Waldorf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/25/1979
  • 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: lacustrine deposits
  • Landform: collapsed ice-walled lakebed
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/25/1979 (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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    90

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); black (N 2/),, very dark gray (N 3/),, dry; silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 2.0 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN297301; moist when described;
    A—23 to 58 centimeters (9.1 to 22.8 inches); black (N 2/),, very dark gray (N 3/),, dry; silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 2.0 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN297302; moist when described;
    Bg—58 to 102 centimeters (22.8 to 40.2 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silty clay; moderate fine angular blocky parts to moderate very fine angular blocky structure; firm; 0.1 fine roots; 33 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN297303; moist when described;
    Cg—102 to 152 centimeters (40.2 to 59.8 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) silty clay; weak medium angular blocky parts to weak coarse platy structure; firm; 33 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8. Lab sample # MN297304; moist when described;