IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Taylor
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979MN137006 (3190)
  • User Pedon ID: S1979MN137006 (3190)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN3190
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48633
  • User Project ID: AGLP_10-BEM22
  • Project Name: MLRA 88 - Agassiz Lake Plain Effie Till and Clayey Lacustrine Catenas
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 47.7577515
  • Std. Longitude: -92.7941666
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 61N
  • Range: 19W
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: 1200 feet south and 2400 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 Oxyaquic Vertic Glossudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Unknown
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Taylor
  • PSC - 0 to 0 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/16/2022
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Taylor
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/5/1979
  • 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: rise
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/5/1979 (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

    aquic conditions

    secondary carbonates

    0—25

    10—25

    48—76

    76—152

    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

    4

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    270

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay; strong medium granular structure; friable; 2.0 very fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN319001; moist when described;
    E—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay loam; strong medium platy structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN319002; moist when described;
    E/B—25 to 48 centimeters (9.8 to 18.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silty clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 30 percent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, silt coats on surfaces along root channels; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN319003; wet when described;
    Bt—48 to 76 centimeters (18.9 to 29.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.1 very fine roots; 65 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN319004; moist when described;
    BC—76 to 97 centimeters (29.9 to 38.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay; moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; 30 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN319005; moist when described;
    C—97 to 152 centimeters (38.2 to 59.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) clay; very firm; fragments; violent effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7. Lab sample # MN319006; moist when described;