IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lura
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979MN063011(3032)
  • User Pedon ID: S1979MN063011(3032)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSLx
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN3032
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48595
  • 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: 43.5064621
  • Std. Longitude: -95.3061981
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 101N
  • Range: 37W
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: 2100 feet east and 2150 feet north 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-E3—Sioux Valley, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ray Genrich, Gerald Floren
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Cumulic Vertic Epiaquolls
  • 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 - Lura
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lura
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/5/1979
  • 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: lacustrine deposits
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/5/1979 (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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    A1—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN303201; moist when described;
    A2—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN303202; moist when described;
    A3—46 to 102 centimeters (18.1 to 40.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.1 fine roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN303203; moist when described;
    A4—102 to 152 centimeters (40.2 to 59.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.1 fine roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN303204; moist when described;