IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nashwauk
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979MN137049 (3128)
  • User Pedon ID: S1979MN137049 (3128)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN3128
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48659
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 47.6318703
  • Std. Longitude: -92.8788376
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 60N
  • Range: 20W
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: SE1/4SE1/4SW1/4
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN137—St. Louis
  • MLRA: 57—Northern Minnesota Gray Drift
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-FER—Fergus Falls, Minnesota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN621—St. Louis County, Minnesota, Virginia Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 47092-F8—Dewey Lake NW, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Tim Richardson
  • 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 - Nashwauk
  • PSC - 30 to 81 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Nashwauk
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/23/1979
  • 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 brown till
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/23/1979 (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
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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) fine sandy loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 very fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN312801; moist when described;
    E—5 to 8 centimeters (2.0 to 3.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine sandy loam; weak medium platy parts to moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described;
    Bw1—8 to 10 centimeters (3.1 to 3.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sandy loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.0 medium roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described;
    Bw2—10 to 15 centimeters (3.9 to 5.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) fine sandy loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.1 fine roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described;
    E'—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium platy structure; firm; fragments; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described;
    E/B—25 to 30 centimeters (9.8 to 11.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) loam; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described;
    Bt1—30 to 81 centimeters (11.8 to 31.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 30 percent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN312802; moist when described;
    Bt2—81 to 102 centimeters (31.9 to 40.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 65 percent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # MN312803; moist when described;