IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Conic
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • Local Phase: deep
  • User Site ID: S1979MN137024 (2987)
  • User Pedon ID: S1979MN137024 (2987)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN2987
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48644
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 47.5339890
  • Std. Longitude: -92.7800293
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 58N
  • Range: 19W
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: NW1/4SE1/4
  • 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: MN621—St. Louis County, Minnesota, Virginia Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 47092-E7—Dewey Lake SE, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Tim Richardson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, isotic, frigid Typic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Unknown
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Conic
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Conic
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1979
  • 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: brown till
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1979 (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
    • 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
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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 2.0 fine roots; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described;
    E—5 to 18 centimeters (2.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2) fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 coarse roots; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN298702; moist when described;
    Bw1—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) fine sandy loam; 11 percent mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN298703; moist when described;
    Bw2—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots; 33 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN298704; moist when described;
    Bw3—51 to 84 centimeters (20.1 to 33.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 20 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN298705; moist when described;
    2BCd1—84 to 107 centimeters (33.1 to 42.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) gravelly loamy sand; firm; 11 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 35 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN298706; moist when described;
    2BCd2—107 to 145 centimeters (42.1 to 57.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) very gravelly sandy loam; firm; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN298707; moist when described;
    R—145 centimeters (57.1 inches); bedrock; fragments.