IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Thiefriver
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979MN113020 (3186)
  • User Pedon ID: S1979MN113020 (3186)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN3186
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48583
  • 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: 48.0876503
  • Std. Longitude: -96.2515335
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 153N
  • Range: 44W
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: 2000 feet south and 2500 feet west of the northeast corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN113—Pennington
  • MLRA: 56—Red River Valley of the North
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-FAR—Fargo, North Dakota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN113—Pennington County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 48096-A3—Viking SE, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: RBH, JUS, DSM
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy over clayey, mixed over smectitic, frigid Typic Calciaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Unknown
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Thiefriver
  • PSC - 0 to 0 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Thiefriver
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/7/1979
  • 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: lacustrine deposits over gray till
  • Landform: flat
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/7/1979 (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); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; fine sandy loam; 75 percent sand; 10 percent silt; 15 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium angular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN318601; moist when described;
    Bk—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) loamy fine sand; 85 percent sand; 7 percent silt; 8 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine angular blocky structure; very friable; 0.1 very fine roots; 1 percent fine dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN318602; moist when described;
    Bkg—36 to 46 centimeters (14.2 to 18.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) loamy fine sand; 80 percent sand; 10 percent silt; 10 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.1 very fine roots; 1 percent fine dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN318603; moist when described;
    Cg1—46 to 71 centimeters (18.1 to 28.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) very fine sand; 90 percent sand; 5 percent silt; 5 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky parts to structureless single grain; loose; 30 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN318604; moist when described;
    Cg2—71 to 84 centimeters (28.0 to 33.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) sand; 90 percent sand; 5 percent silt; 5 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky parts to structureless single grain; loose; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN318605; moist when described;
    2Cg3—84 to 132 centimeters (33.1 to 52.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay; 15 percent sand; 35 percent silt; 50 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak coarse prismatic, and weak medium angular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent medium light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN318606; moist when described;
    2Cg4—132 to 152 centimeters (52.0 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay; 15 percent sand; 35 percent silt; 50 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic, and weak medium angular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments. Lab sample # MN318607