IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Shorewood
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980MN0793351
  • User Pedon ID: S1980MN0793351
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN3351
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50785
  • 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: 44.3891449
  • Std. Longitude: -93.5791779
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 111N
  • Range: 23W
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 1600 feet east and 1600 feet north of the southwest corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN079—Le Sueur
  • MLRA: 103—Central Iowa and Minnesota Till Prairies
  • 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-D5—Montgomery, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Unknown
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Aquertic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Shorewood
  • Classificaton Date - 2/23/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Shields
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 2/10/2011
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty and clayey lacustrine deposits over loamy till
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/10/2011 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    aquic conditions

    0—30

    46—124

    69—244

    —30—

    —78—

    —175—
    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

    1.5

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.
    A—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear smooth boundary.
    E—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), gray (10YR 6/1), dry; silt loam; moderate medium platy structure; hard; 1 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear smooth boundary.
    Bt1—46 to 69 centimeters (18.1 to 27.2 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay; strong medium prismatic parts to strong fine prismatic structure; hard; 100 percent faint black (10YR 2/1) clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN335101. continuous - phpvsfiid 862346; continuous - phpvsfiid 862346
    Bt2—69 to 102 centimeters (27.2 to 40.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong medium subangular blocky structure; hard; 50 percent faint black (10YR 2/1) clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN335102. patchy - phpvsfiid 862347; patchy - phpvsfiid 862347
    Bt3—102 to 124 centimeters (40.2 to 48.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) clay; weak medium prismatic, and moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 26 percent distinct very dark brown (10YR 2/2) clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN335103. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 862348; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 862348
    C—124 to 244 centimeters (48.8 to 96.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) silty clay; massive; very firm; 3 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN335104
    2C—244 centimeters (96.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) loam; massive; friable; 1 percent fine distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix and 1 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 4 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence.