IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Koronis
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979MN0932938
  • User Pedon ID: S1979MN0932938
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN2938
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48575
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 45.2459373
  • Std. Longitude: -94.5509415
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 121N
  • Range: 31W
  • Section: 34
  • PLSS Details: 2400 feet north and 1055 feet west of southeast corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN093—Meeker
  • 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: MN093—Meeker County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 45094-B5—Litchfield North, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Unknown
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • 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 - Koronis
  • PSC - 0 to 0 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hayden
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 1/29/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/29/1979 (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 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN293801; moist when described;
    Bt1—25 to 48 centimeters (9.8 to 18.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 65 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 20 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN293802; moist when described;
    Bt2—48 to 71 centimeters (18.9 to 28.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium prismatic structure; friable; 65 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 20 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN293803; moist when described;
    Bt3—71 to 84 centimeters (28.0 to 33.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate coarse prismatic structure; friable; 30 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 20 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN293804; moist when described;
    Bt4—84 to 94 centimeters (33.1 to 37.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak coarse prismatic structure; very friable; 5 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 20 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN293805; moist when described;
    Bk—94 to 114 centimeters (37.0 to 44.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 1 percent 5YR 4/8 (5YR 4/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 20 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN293806; moist when described;
    C—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) sandy loam; very friable; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 20 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9. Lab sample # MN293807; moist when described;