IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cromwell
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979MN137025 (2957)
  • User Pedon ID: S1979MN137025 (2957)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN2957
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48645
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 46.7664108
  • Std. Longitude: -92.5488281
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 50N
  • Range: 17W
  • Section: 31
  • Location Description: 1200 feet N of ROAD 3/10 MILE E of SW 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: MN619—St. Louis County, Minnesota, Meadowlands Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46092-G5—Brookston, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jerry Sharp
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, isotic, frigid Typic Dystrudepts
  • 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 - Cromwell
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cromwell
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/18/1979
  • 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: red outwash
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/18/1979 (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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

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    O—0 to 0 centimeters (0.0 to 0.0 inches); Error; fragments. Lab sample # MN295701
    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) fine sandy loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; 2.0 very fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN295704; moist when described;
    E—5 to 8 centimeters (2.0 to 3.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) very fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; 2.0 very fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # MN295702; moist when described;
    Bw1—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) very fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN295705; moist when described;
    Bw2—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) very fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; 0.1 very fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN295706; moist when described;
    Bw3—41 to 43 centimeters (16.1 to 16.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) loamy sand; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN295703; moist when described;
    2C1—43 to 58 centimeters (16.9 to 22.8 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) coarse sand; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described;
    2C2—58 to 89 centimeters (22.8 to 35.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) sand; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; gradual smooth boundary.; moist when described;
    2C3—89 to 152 centimeters (35.0 to 59.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) sand; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5. Lab sample # MN295707