IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Estherville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980MN015002 (3304)
  • User Pedon ID: S1980MN015-002(3304)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN3304
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48697
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 44.1616287
  • Std. Longitude: -94.9128418
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 108N
  • Range: 34W
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 2000 feet east and 1500 feet south of the northwest corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN015—Brown
  • MLRA: 103—Central Iowa and Minnesota Till Prairies
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-ALB—Albert Lea, Minnesota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN015—Brown County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44094-B8—Springfield, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: CHRISTENSEN
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Estherville
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/26/2015
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Estherville
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/1980
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: gray outwash
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/23/1980 (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
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    Ap—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN330401; dry when described;
    Bw—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN330402; dry when described;
    2BC—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) gravelly coarse sand; loose; 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN330403; dry when described;
    2C—61 to 152 centimeters (24.0 to 59.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) gravelly coarse sand; loose; 30 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # MN330404; dry when described;