IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sandberg
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979MN1673166
  • User Pedon ID: S1979MN1673166
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN3166
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50768
  • 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: 46.5589676
  • Std. Longitude: -96.4686127
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 136N
  • Range: 46W
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: SE1/4SE1/4SE1/4
  • 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-E4—Barnesville SW, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jon F. Hall, Jerome F. Gordon
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, frigid Calcic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sandberg
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/23/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Arvilla
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 2/8/2011
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy glaciofluvial deposits
  • Landscape: lake plain
  • Landform: beach
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/8/2011 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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

    calcic horizon

    0—30

    38—74

    —30—

    —36—
    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

    —

    —

    —

    —

    575

    —

    140

    5

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; loamy coarse sand; weak very fine granular structure; friable; fragments; noneffervescent; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN316601
    A—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; loamy coarse sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; noneffervescent; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN316602
    2Bw—30 to 38 centimeters (11.8 to 15.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN316603
    2Bk—38 to 74 centimeters (15.0 to 29.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and very pale brown (10YR 7/3) gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN316604
    2C—74 to 152 centimeters (29.1 to 59.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3. Lab sample # MN316605