IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Brownton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979MN09102 (3153)
  • User Pedon ID: S1979MN091027(3153)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN3153
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48621
  • User Project ID: 2028-2
  • Project Name: MLRA 103 - Brownton - Corvuso - Harps - Harpster update
  • 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: 43.8468208
  • Std. Longitude: -94.3356094
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 104N
  • Range: 29W
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 2140 feet west and 300 feet south of the northeast 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, smectitic, mesic Aquic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Unknown
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Brownton
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Brownton
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/30/1979
  • 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: very 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 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); black (N 2/), silty clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN315302; moist when described;
    A—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); black (N 2/), silty clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN315303; moist when described;
    By1—36 to 46 centimeters (14.2 to 18.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 fine roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.3; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described;
    By2—46 to 64 centimeters (18.1 to 25.2 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.1 fine roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN315304; moist when described;
    Cg—64 to 152 centimeters (25.2 to 59.8 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) clay; moderately sticky; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4. Lab sample # MN315305; wet when described;