IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Indus
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979MN137005 (3191)
  • User Pedon ID: S1979MN137005 (3191)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN3191
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48632
  • 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: 47.8674698
  • Std. Longitude: -92.8041534
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 62N
  • Range: 19W
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: 1900 feet north and 125 feet east of the southwest 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: Tim Richardson, 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 - Indus
  • PSC - 25 to 76 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/16/2022
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Indus
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/16/1979
  • 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: poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/16/1979 (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

    abrupt textural change

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    aquic conditions

    argillic horizon

    secondary carbonates

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    0—25

    10—25

    10—152

    25—76

    76—152

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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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    Oe—0 to 0 centimeters (0.0 to 0.0 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; fragments. Lab sample # MN319101
    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); black (N 2/), silty clay; moderate very fine granular structure; very friable; 2.0 very fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN319102; moist when described;
    Eg—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN319103; moist when described;
    Btg1—25 to 51 centimeters (9.8 to 20.1 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) clay; moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 5 percent dark gray (5Y 4/1), 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 light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN319104; moist when described;
    Btg2—51 to 76 centimeters (20.1 to 29.9 inches); olive (5Y 4/3) clay; moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; 0.1 very fine roots; 5 percent 2.5Y 2.5/2 (2.5Y 2.5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 11 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN319105; moist when described;
    Cg—76 to 152 centimeters (29.9 to 59.8 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) clay; firm; 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6. Lab sample # MN319106; moist when described;