IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hibbing
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979MN137028 (3132)
  • User Pedon ID: S1979MN137028 (3132)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN3132
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48648
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 47.4810104
  • Std. Longitude: -92.6826172
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 58N
  • Range: 18W
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: 2200 feet south and 1250 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-D6—Kirk, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jerry Sharp, Brant Heikel
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active, frigid Oxyaquic Glossudalfs
  • 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 - Hibbing
  • PSC - 38 to 89 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hibbing
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/24/1979
  • 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: gray till
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/24/1979 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - conifers
  • 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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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) fine sandy loam; very friable; 2.0 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described;
    E—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) loam; very friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN313203; moist when described;
    Bw—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium platy structure; friable; 0.1 fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN313204; moist when described;
    E'—23 to 25 centimeters (9.1 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium platy structure; firm; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described;
    2B/E—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN313205; moist when described;
    2Bt1—38 to 64 centimeters (15.0 to 25.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 30 percent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN313206; moist when described;
    2Bt2—64 to 107 centimeters (25.2 to 42.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) clay loam; very firm; 30 percent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN313207; moist when described;
    2BCd1—107 to 132 centimeters (42.1 to 52.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN313208; moist when described;
    2BCd2—132 to 152 centimeters (52.0 to 59.8 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments. Lab sample # MN313209; moist when described;