IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Clarion
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979MN091009(2785)
  • User Pedon ID: S1979MN091009(2785)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN2785
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48605
  • 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: 43.8364105
  • Std. Longitude: -94.2918472
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 104N
  • Range: 29W
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: 1200 feet west and 1150 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-G3—Truman SE, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ken Matzdorf
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, superactive, mesic Oxyaquic 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 - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/7/2013
  • Classifier - C.Johnson
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ocheydon
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/4/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: gray till over lacustrine deposits
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/4/1978 (actual site observation 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 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 4 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN278501; moist when described;
    A—23 to 43 centimeters (9.1 to 16.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN278502; moist when described;
    Bw—43 to 76 centimeters (16.9 to 29.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.1 fine roots; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # MN278503; moist when described;
    2C1—76 to 152 centimeters (29.9 to 59.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silt loam; weak fine platy structure; friable; 0.1 fine roots; 5 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, iron stains on faces of peds and in pores; 11 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; 6 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # MN278504; moist when described;
    2C2—152 to 203 centimeters (59.8 to 79.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silt loam; weak fine platy structure; friable; 11 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # MN278505; moist when described;