IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): McIntosh
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979MN167020 (3171)
  • User Pedon ID: S1979MN167020 (3171)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN3171
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48683
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 46.1596375
  • Std. Longitude: -96.5332413
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 131N
  • Range: 47W
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: 2625 feet south and 120 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-B5—South of Wahpeton, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jon F. Hall, Jerome F. Gordon
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, superactive, frigid Aeric Calciaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Unknown
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - McIntosh
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/19/2017
  • Classifier - T. Neuenfeldt
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mcintosh
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/17/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: glaciolacustrine deposits over till
  • Landform: flat on till-floored lake plain
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/17/1979 (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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    0—23

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    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

    1

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    —

    —

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    680

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    135

    5

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN317101; moist when described;
    Bk—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.1 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN317102; moist when described;
    BCg—36 to 64 centimeters (14.2 to 25.2 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.1 fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN317103; moist when described;
    2Cg1—64 to 74 centimeters (25.2 to 29.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 1 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, masses of reduced iron and 1 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN317104; moist when described;
    2Cg2—74 to 152 centimeters (29.1 to 59.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) loam; very friable; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5. Lab sample # MN317105; moist when described;