IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Colvin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979MN167011 (3176)
  • User Pedon ID: S1979MN167011 (3176)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN3176
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48677
  • 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: 46.1421127
  • Std. Longitude: -96.4520187
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 131N
  • Range: 46W
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: 1584 feet north and 210 feet west of the southeast 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-B4—Doran, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jacobson, Gordon
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, frigid Typic Calciaquolls
  • 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 - Colvin
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Colvin
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/4/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: lacustrine deposits
  • Landscape: lake plain
  • Landform: flat on flat
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/4/1979 (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), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; hard; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN317601; dry when described;
    Bkg1—25 to 48 centimeters (9.8 to 18.9 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1), light gray (10YR 7/1), dry; silty clay loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; moderately sticky; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN317602; wet when described;
    Bkg2—48 to 69 centimeters (18.9 to 27.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; moderately sticky; 0.1 fine roots; 10 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN317603; wet when described;
    Cg1—69 to 97 centimeters (27.2 to 38.2 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1) silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.1 fine roots; 33 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN317604; moist when described;
    Cg2—97 to 152 centimeters (38.2 to 59.8 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) silt loam; slightly sticky; 0.1 fine roots; 33 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7. Lab sample # MN317605; wet when described;