IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Espelie
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980MN113010 (3238)
  • User Pedon ID: S1980MN113010 (3238)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN3238
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48713
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 48.0927391
  • Std. Longitude: -96.2184372
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 153N
  • Range: 43W
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: 180 feet south and 310 feet east of the northwest corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN113—Pennington
  • MLRA: 56—Red River Valley of the North
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-FAR—Fargo, North Dakota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN113—Pennington County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 48096-A2—Thief River Falls, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: RBH
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy over clayey, mixed over smectitic, frigid Aquic 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 - Espelie
  • PSC - 0 to 0 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Espelie
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/13/1980
  • 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: gray outwash over gray till
  • Landform: flat
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/13/1980 (actual site observation date)
  • 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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) fine sandy loam; weak fine granular parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN323801; moist when described;
    Bw—18 to 38 centimeters (7.1 to 15.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) loamy fine sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 10 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN323802; moist when described;
    Bg1—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine sand; loose; 33 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN323803; moist when described;
    Bg2—56 to 79 centimeters (22.0 to 31.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine sand; loose; 1 percent light gray (2.5Y 7/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN323804; moist when described;
    2Cg—79 to 152 centimeters (31.1 to 59.8 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) clay loam; weak medium angular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # MN323805; moist when described;