IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Marquis
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980MN0993382
  • User Pedon ID: S1980MN0993382
  • User Site Association ID: Readlyn_Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN3382
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48765
  • 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: 43.7379990
  • Std. Longitude: -92.7806091
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 103N
  • Range: 16W
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: 2200 feet north and 2400 feet east of the southwest 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-F7—Brownsdale, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Carroll Carlson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Pachic Hapludolls
  • 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 - Marquis
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Readlyn
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1980
  • 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: flat
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1980 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - barren land
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other barren
  • 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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    A1—0 to 33 centimeters (0.0 to 13.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) clay loam; moderate coarse granular structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN338201; moist when described;
    A2—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay loam; weak fine granular parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN338202; moist when described;
    A3—46 to 56 centimeters (18.1 to 22.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN338203; moist when described;
    2Bw1—56 to 84 centimeters (22.0 to 33.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 11 percent fine light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN338204; moist when described;
    2Bw2—84 to 112 centimeters (33.1 to 44.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 11 percent fine light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN338205; moist when described;
    2BC1—112 to 122 centimeters (44.1 to 48.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 33 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN338206; moist when described;
    2BC2—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 33 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8. Lab sample # MN338207; moist when described;