IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Itasca
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979MN1372997
  • User Pedon ID: S1979MN1372997
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL2
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN2997
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 82885
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 47.2164955
  • Std. Longitude: -93.0563279
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 55N
  • Range: 21W
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: NE1/4NE1/4SW1/4
  • 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: MN137—St. Louis County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 47093-B1—Floodwood Lake, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Tim Richardson, Lepp
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, frigid
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: U of MN lab data only
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Itasca
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, frigid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 61 to 102 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/17/1979
  • 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: till
  • Landform: moraine
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/17/1979 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    10

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    45

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); sandy loam; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, pH meter. Lab sample # MN299701
    Bw—10 to 36 centimeters (3.9 to 14.2 inches); loamy sand; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, pH meter. Lab sample # MN299702
    E—36 to 61 centimeters (14.2 to 24.0 inches); silt loam; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, pH meter. Lab sample # MN299703
    Bt—61 to 102 centimeters (24.0 to 40.2 inches); silt loam; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, pH meter. Lab sample # MN299704
    C—102 to 127 centimeters (40.2 to 50.0 inches); silt loam; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, pH meter. Lab sample # MN299705