IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wheatville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979MN167007 (3180)
  • User Pedon ID: S1979MN167007 (3180)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN3180
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48673
  • Print Date: 4/28/2025

    • 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: 46.1641502
  • Std. Longitude: -96.3259659
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 131N
  • Range: 45W
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 832.8 feet south and 416.4 feet east of the northwest corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN167—Wilkin
  • MLRA: 56—Red River Valley of the North
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-FAR—Fargo, North Dakota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN167—Wilkin County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46096-B3—Campbell NE, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jon Hall, Gordon
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty over clayey, mixed over smectitic, superactive, frigid Typic Calciudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Unknown
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wheatville
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wheatville
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/2/1979
  • 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: lacustrine deposits over lacustrine deposits
  • Landform: flat
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/2/1979 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.1 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN318001; moist when described;
    Bk1—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) very fine sandy loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.1 fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN318002; moist when described;
    Bk2—43 to 94 centimeters (16.9 to 37.0 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) loamy very fine sand; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.1 fine roots; 1 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN318003; moist when described;
    2Cg—94 to 152 centimeters (37.0 to 59.8 inches); olive (5Y 4/3) silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; moderately sticky; 1 percent fine dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # MN318004; wet when described;