IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kasson
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980MN099133
  • User Pedon ID: S1980MN099133
  • User Site Association ID: NC-WAV_Kasson_Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN3385
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48767
  • Print Date: 4/27/2025

    • 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: 43.8432503
  • Std. Longitude: -92.8714905
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 104N
  • Range: 17W
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: 2000 feet south and 500 feet west of the northeast corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN099—Mower
  • MLRA: 104—Eastern Iowa and Minnesota Till Prairies
  • Regional Office: 11—Indianapolis, IN
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-WAV—Waverly, Iowa
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN099—Mower County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43092-G7—Sargeant, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Carroll Carlson, Stephan Lawler
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Mollic Oxyaquic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Unknown
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Kasson
  • PSC - 20 to 71 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Classifier - Carlson
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Oran
  • Taxonomic Class - Mesic
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 20 to 71 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1980
  • Classifier - Carlson
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess over till
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1980 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Carlson
  • 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
    • 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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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 6/1), dry; clay loam; friable; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN338501; moist when described;
    Bt1—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 11 percent fine yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN338502; moist when described;
    Bt2—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent medium yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN338503; moist when described;
    2Bt3—51 to 81 centimeters (20.1 to 31.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 11 percent fine grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 33 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN338504; moist when described;
    2C1—81 to 109 centimeters (31.9 to 42.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 30 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, silt coats on surfaces along root channels; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent fine grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN338505; moist when described;
    2C2—109 to 152 centimeters (42.9 to 59.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 30 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, silt coats on surfaces along root channels; 33 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 33 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified. Lab sample # MN338506; moist when described;