IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Milaca
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980MN097009 (3270)
  • User Pedon ID: S1980MN097009 (3270)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN3270
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48753
  • Print Date: 1/30/2025

    • 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: 46.0745010
  • Std. Longitude: -94.3625031
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 40N
  • Range: 28W
  • Section: 36
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN097—Morrison
  • MLRA: 91A—Central Minnesota Sandy Outwash
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-FER—Fergus Falls, Minnesota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN097—Morrison County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46094-A3—Belle Prairie, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: William Brug, Tim Fredbo
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Oxyaquic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Unknown
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Milaca
  • PSC - 0 to 0 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Milaca
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/3/1980
  • 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: red till
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/3/1980 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • 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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    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN327001; moist when described;
    E1—13 to 20 centimeters (5.1 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak fine platy structure; very friable; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN327002; moist when described;
    E2—20 to 46 centimeters (7.9 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loam; weak fine platy parts to weak medium platy structure; very friable; 12 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN327003; moist when described;
    Bt—46 to 64 centimeters (18.1 to 25.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine platy structure; friable; reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films; 8 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN327004; moist when described;
    BCd1—64 to 89 centimeters (25.2 to 35.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; weak fine platy parts to moderate medium platy structure; firm; reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films; 15 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN327005; moist when described;
    BCd2—89 to 152 centimeters (35.0 to 59.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) fine sandy loam; moderate medium platy structure; firm; 12 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments. Lab sample # MN327006; moist when described;