IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Clarion
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979MN091001 (2578)
  • User Pedon ID: S1979MN091001 (2578)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN2578
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48601
  • 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: 43.5650243
  • Std. Longitude: -94.4771174
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 101N
  • Range: 30W
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: 2680 feet west and 2440 feet north of the southeast corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN091—Martin
  • 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: MN091—Martin County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43094-E4—Wilmert Lake, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ken Matzdorf, Carroll Oskvig
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, superactive, mesic Typic 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 - Clarion
  • PSC - 51 to 102 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/7/2013
  • Classifier - C.Johnson
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lester
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/18/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: brown till
  • Landform: rise
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/18/1978 (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 30 centimeters (0.0 to 11.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1) clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN257801; moist when described;
    A2—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.1 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN257802; moist when described;
    Bw1—51 to 66 centimeters (20.1 to 26.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.1 fine roots; 5 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on surfaces along root channels and 65 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN257803; moist when described;
    Bw2—66 to 91 centimeters (26.0 to 35.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN257805; moist when described;
    BC—91 to 117 centimeters (35.8 to 46.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN257807; moist when described;
    C—117 to 152 centimeters (46.1 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; friable; 11 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; strong effervescence; neutral, pH 7.3. Lab sample # MN257808; moist when described;