IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Culver
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979MN137032 (2958)
  • User Pedon ID: S1979MN137032 (2958)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN2958
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48652
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 47.3064880
  • Std. Longitude: -93.0452118
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 56N
  • Range: 21W
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: 2500 feet south and 100 feet west of the northeast 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: MN619—St. Louis County, Minnesota, Meadowlands Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 47093-C1—Silica, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Brant Heikel Jerry Sharp
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, 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 - Culver
  • PSC - 64 to 102 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Duluth
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/16/1979
  • 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 till
  • Landform: moraine
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/16/1979 (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); fragments. Lab sample # MN295801
    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) fine sandy loam; moderate very fine granular structure; friable; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN295802; moist when described;
    E—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine sandy loam; 1 percent mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to weak medium platy structure; friable; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN295803; moist when described;
    Bw—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN295804; moist when described;
    E'—36 to 48 centimeters (14.2 to 18.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN295805; moist when described;
    E/B—48 to 64 centimeters (18.9 to 25.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN295806; moist when described;
    2Bt1—64 to 76 centimeters (25.2 to 29.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) loam; 1 percent mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium platy structure; firm; 65 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN295807; moist when described;
    2Bt2—76 to 102 centimeters (29.9 to 40.2 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 30 percent clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN295808; moist when described;
    2C—102 to 152 centimeters (40.2 to 59.8 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium platy structure; firm; 30 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4. Lab sample # MN295809; moist when described;