IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fort Dodge
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980MN099001 (3447)
  • User Pedon ID: S1980MN099001 (3447)
  • User Site Association ID: NC-WAV_Terril_PedonsNC-WAV_Fort Dodge_Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN3447
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48770
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 43.6853600
  • Std. Longitude: -92.4543228
  • Datum: WGS84
  • GPS - Positional Error: 10.00
  • Township: 103N
  • Range: 14W
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: 1270 feet south and 1215 feet west of the northeast corner
  • Location Description: locate from closest corner of section; 50' north of fence line
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN099—Mower
  • MLRA: 105—Upper Mississippi River Bedrock Controlled Uplands and Valleys
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-ONA—Onalaska, Wisconsin
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN099—Mower County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43092-F4—Spring Valley, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: George Poch
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Cumulic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Fort Dodge
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Classifier - Unknown
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Terril
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Cumulic Hapludolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/28/1980
  • Classifier - Unknown
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • 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: loess over pedisediment
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: swale, drainageway
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • RaCA Information:
  • Plot/Site Set Up By - Unknown
  • Plot or Site Recorder - Unknown

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/28/1980 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Unknown
  • 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

    cambic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

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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

    2

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    —

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    180

    899

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    155

    8

    22

    -5

    12

    22

    2

    558

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    NOAA
    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN344701; moist when described;
    A1—23 to 58 centimeters (9.1 to 22.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) clay loam; moderate fine granular parts to moderate very fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # MN344702; moist when described;
    A2—58 to 81 centimeters (22.8 to 31.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) clay loam; moderate fine granular parts to weak very fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN344703; moist when described;
    A3—81 to 99 centimeters (31.9 to 39.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN344704; moist when described;
    A4—99 to 114 centimeters (39.0 to 44.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN344705; moist when described;
    Bw—114 to 122 centimeters (44.9 to 48.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN344706; moist when described;
    2C—122 to 165 centimeters (48.0 to 65.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loamy coarse sand; loose; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified. Lab sample # MN344707; moist when described;
    3C—165 to 179 centimeters (65.0 to 70.5 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; massive; friable; fragments. Lab sample # MN344708