IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mazaska
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980MN079012(3349)
  • User Pedon ID: S1980MN079012(3349)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN3349
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48749
  • User Project ID: 2029-3
  • Project Name: MLRA 103 - Ice Contact and Moraine Investigation
  • 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: 44.2252007
  • Std. Longitude: -93.7335663
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 109N
  • Range: 24W
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: 50 feet north and 1740 feet west of the southeast corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN079—Le Sueur
  • 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: MN079—Le Sueur County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44093-B6—Elysian, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Terry Bovee, Steven Hundley
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Vertic Argiaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Unknown
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Mazaska
  • Classificaton Date - 11/20/2018
  • Classifier - Clayton Johnson
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mazaska
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/3/1980
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey glaciolacustrine deposits over fine-loamy till
  • Landform: stagnation moraine
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/3/1980 (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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—53

    53—109

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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

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; loam; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN334901
    A1—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN334902
    A2—41 to 53 centimeters (16.1 to 20.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; gray (10YR 6/1), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN334903
    Btg1—53 to 84 centimeters (20.9 to 33.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) clay; strong medium prismatic structure; firm; 30 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN334904
    Btg2—84 to 109 centimeters (33.1 to 42.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) clay loam; strong medium prismatic structure; firm; 30 percent black (N 2/), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN334905
    2Cg—109 to 152 centimeters (42.9 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; firm; 33 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # MN334906