IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Aldenlake
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979MN137018 (3215)
  • User Pedon ID: S1979MN137018 (3215)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN3215
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48641
  • 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: 47.0512390
  • Std. Longitude: -91.8651352
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 53N
  • Range: 12W
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: 1400 feet south and 1850 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-A7—McCarthy Creek, 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 - Aldenlake
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cloquet
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • 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 outwash
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • 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 - barren land
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other barren
  • 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

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    Oa—0 to 0 centimeters (0.0 to 0.0 inches); highly decomposed plant material; fragments.; dry when described;
    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); black (7.5YR 2.5/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine granular, and weak very fine granular structure; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN321501; dry when described;
    Bw1—5 to 20 centimeters (2.0 to 7.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), brown (7.5YR 5/3), dry; fine sandy loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky, and weak very fine subangular blocky structure; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN321502; dry when described;
    Bw2—20 to 43 centimeters (7.9 to 16.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; fine sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and weak very fine subangular blocky structure; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN321503; dry when described;
    Bw3—43 to 56 centimeters (16.9 to 22.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4), brown (7.5YR 5/4), dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN321504; dry when described;
    2C—56 to 152 centimeters (22.0 to 59.8 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) gravelly sand; single grain; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-160-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4. Lab sample # MN321505; dry when described;