IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Milaca
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • Local Phase: dry
  • User Site ID: S1980MN097048
  • User Pedon ID: S1980MN097048
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN3364
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48759
  • User Project ID: MLCU_10-DUL19
  • Project Name: MLRA 90A - Mille Lacs Uplands Coarse-Loamy Basal Till Investigation
  • Print Date: 4/24/2025

    • 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: 46.1544189
  • Std. Longitude: -93.8861008
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 42N
  • Range: 28W
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: 900 feet south of the northwest corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN097—Morrison
  • MLRA: 90A—Wisconsin and Minnesota Thin Loess and Till
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN097—Morrison County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46093-B8—Platte Lake, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: William Brug
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Typic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Unknown
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Milaca
  • PSC - 41 to 79 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/19/2019
  • Classifier - B. Schug
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Milaca
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/29/1980
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 2
  • QA Status: level 2


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: coarse-loamy till
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/29/1980 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • 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

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    argillic horizon

    0—41

    10—41

    41—79

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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

    3

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    180

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), gray (10YR 6/1), dry; loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 5.0 medium roots; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN336401; moist when described; observed in cut
    E1—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine platy structure; very friable; 0.1 fine roots; 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN336402; moist when described; observed in cut
    E2—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine platy structure; very friable; 0.1 fine roots; 15 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN336403; moist when described; observed in cut
    Bt1—41 to 56 centimeters (16.1 to 22.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; weak medium platy structure; friable; 0.1 fine roots; 20 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN336404; moist when described; observed in cut
    Bt2—56 to 79 centimeters (22.0 to 31.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium platy structure; friable; 0.1 fine roots; dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2), moist, organic stains on surfaces along pores; 15 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN336405; moist when described; observed in cut
    BCd1—79 to 99 centimeters (31.1 to 39.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium platy structure; friable; dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2), moist, organic stains on surfaces along pores; 15 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN336406; moist when described; observed in cut
    BCd2—99 to 152 centimeters (39.0 to 59.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) fine sandy loam; moderate medium platy structure; firm; fragments. Lab sample # MN336407; moist when described; observed in cut