IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ahmeek
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979MN137003 (3217)
  • User Pedon ID: S1979MN137003 (3217)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN3217
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48630
  • 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: 47.0501900
  • Std. Longitude: -91.9086304
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 53N
  • Range: 12W
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: 1550 feet south and 2150 feet west of the northeast corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN137—St. Louis
  • MLRA: 93A—Superior and Rainy Stony and Rocky Till Plains and Moraines
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-DUL—Duluth, Minnesota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN615—St. Louis County, Minnesota, Duluth Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 47091-A8—Barrs Lake, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jerry Sharp
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, isotic, frigid Dystric Eutrudepts
  • 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 - Ahmeek
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Unnamed 1316 (finlan
  • Classificaton Date - 10/25/1979
  • 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: loess over red till
  • Landform: moraine
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/25/1979 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - conifers
  • 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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    12

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    Oa—0 to 0 centimeters (0.0 to 0.0 inches); highly decomposed plant material; fragments.
    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) and black (5YR 2/1), brown (7.5YR 4/2), dry; sandy loam; moderate fine granular, and moderate medium granular structure; very friable; 6.0 very fine roots throughout and 6.0 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN321701
    Bw1—5 to 23 centimeters (2.0 to 9.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), brown (7.5YR 5/2), dry; sandy loam; weak fine granular, and moderate medium granular structure; very friable; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN321702
    Bw2—23 to 64 centimeters (9.1 to 25.2 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.9 fine roots throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN321703
    2BCd1—64 to 84 centimeters (25.2 to 33.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) gravelly sandy loam; weak medium platy, and weak coarse platy, and weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN321704
    2BCd2—84 to 152 centimeters (33.1 to 59.8 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) gravelly sandy loam; weak medium platy, and weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3. Lab sample # MN321705