IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Clarion
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979MN1013196
  • User Pedon ID: S1979MN1013196
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN3196
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50756
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 43.8646545
  • Std. Longitude: -95.5634384
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 105N
  • Range: 39W
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: 800 feet north and 250 feet west of the southeast corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN101—Murray
  • 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: MN101—Murray County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43095-G5—Fulda, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Unknown
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Calcic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Clarion
  • Classificaton Date - 2/23/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Clarion
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 2/8/2011
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy till
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/8/2011 (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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # MN319601
    A—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dry; loam; weak fine granular, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN319602
    Bw—30 to 56 centimeters (11.8 to 22.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN319603
    Bk1—56 to 76 centimeters (22.0 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN319604
    Bk2—76 to 112 centimeters (29.9 to 44.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; massive; friable; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN319605
    C—112 to 152 centimeters (44.1 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) loam; massive; friable; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # MN319606