IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Alango
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979MN137004 (3192)
  • User Pedon ID: S1979MN137004 (3192)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN3192
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48631
  • User Project ID: AGLP_10-BEM22
  • Project Name: MLRA 88 - Agassiz Lake Plain Effie Till and Clayey Lacustrine Catenas
  • 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: 47.7573128
  • Std. Longitude: -92.7953873
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 61N
  • Range: 19W
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: 1250 feet south and 2100 feet east of the northwest corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN137—St. Louis
  • MLRA: 88—Northern Minnesota Glacial Lake Basins
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-BEM—Bemidji, Minnesota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN621—St. Louis County, Minnesota, Virginia Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 47092-G7—Linden Grove, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jerry Sharp, Brant Heikel
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Very-fine, smectitic, frigid Aeric Vertic Epiaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Unknown
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Alango
  • PSC - 25 to 66 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/16/2022
  • Classifier - P. Brns
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Indus
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/6/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 2


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey glaciolacustrine deposits
  • Landscape: lake plain
  • Landform: flat
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: talf
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/6/1979 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    argillic horizon

    secondary carbonates

    aquic conditions

    0—25

    10—25

    25—66

    25—251

    25—251

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    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

    1

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); black (N 2/), silty clay; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 2.0 very fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described;
    Eg—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 very fine roots; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN319203; moist when described;
    Bt—25 to 51 centimeters (9.8 to 20.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 5 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds and 30 percent black (2.5Y 2.5/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN319204; moist when described;
    Btg—51 to 66 centimeters (20.1 to 26.0 inches); olive (5Y 5/3) clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.1 very fine roots; 30 percent black (2.5Y 2.5/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN319205; moist when described;
    Cg1—66 to 102 centimeters (26.0 to 40.2 inches); olive (5Y 5/3) silty clay; firm; 11 percent greenish gray (5G 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN319206; moist when described;
    Cg2—102 to 152 centimeters (40.2 to 59.8 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) clay; firm; 11 percent greenish gray (5BG 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN319207; moist when described;
    Cg3—152 to 251 centimeters (59.8 to 98.8 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) silty clay; firm; 1 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence.; moist when described;