IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Thistledew
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980MN0613457
  • User Pedon ID: S1980MN0613457
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN3457
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48706
  • 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: 47.7959595
  • Std. Longitude: -93.1253204
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 61N
  • Range: 22W
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: 1350 feet north and 250 feet east of the southwest corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN061—Itasca
  • MLRA: 88—Northern Minnesota Glacial Lake Basins
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-BEM—Bemidji, Minnesota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN061—Itasca County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 47093-G2—Togo, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Paul Nyberg
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy over clayey, mixed over smectitic, superactive, frigid Aquic Hapludalfs
  • 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 - Thistledew
  • PSC - 0 to 0 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/25/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Thistledew
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/28/1980
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: lacustrine deposits
  • Landform: flat
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/28/1980 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - conifers
  • 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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    Oa—0 to 0 centimeters (0.0 to 0.0 inches); black (5YR 2/1); very friable; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary.
    E—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1), light gray (10YR 7/1), dry; very friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN345701; moist when described;
    Bw1—5 to 18 centimeters (2.0 to 7.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; very friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN345702; moist when described;
    Bw2—18 to 41 centimeters (7.1 to 16.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3); very friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN345703; moist when described;
    E'—41 to 58 centimeters (16.1 to 22.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2); very friable; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN345704; moist when described;
    2Bt1—58 to 97 centimeters (22.8 to 38.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3); firm; 1 percent fine light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN345705; moist when described;
    3Bt2—97 to 117 centimeters (38.2 to 46.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2); firm; 1 percent fine light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN345706; moist when described;
    3Cg—117 to 152 centimeters (46.1 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2); firm; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent fine light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # MN345707; moist when described;