IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Brownton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979MN091020(3015)
  • User Pedon ID: S1979MN091020(3015)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN3015
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48616
  • User Project ID: 2028-2
  • Project Name: MLRA 103 - Brownton - Corvuso - Harps - Harpster update
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 43.8181992
  • Std. Longitude: -94.3444672
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 104N
  • Range: 29W
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: 800 feet east and 50 feet south of the northwest corner
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN091—Martin
  • MLRA: 103—Central Iowa and Minnesota Till Prairies
  • 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, smectitic, calcareous, mesic Vertic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Unknown
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Brownton
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/6/2017
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Brownton
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/21/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey lacustrine deposits over loamy till
  • Landscape: lake plain
  • Landform: flat
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/10/2022 (entry creation 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 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); black (N 2/),, black (10YR 2/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN301501; moist when described;
    A—25 to 51 centimeters (9.8 to 20.1 inches); black (N 2/), silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN301501; moist when described;
    Bg1—51 to 81 centimeters (20.1 to 31.9 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent olive (5Y 5/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN301502; moist when described;
    Bg2—81 to 102 centimeters (31.9 to 40.2 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silty clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very sticky; 0.1 fine roots; 5 percent dark gray (5Y 4/1), moist, organic stains on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent fine gray (5Y 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN301503; wet when described;
    2Cg—102 to 152 centimeters (40.2 to 59.8 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; moderately sticky; 11 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; violent effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7. Lab sample # MN301504; wet when described;