IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blackhoof
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980MN137001 (3387)
  • User Pedon ID: S1980MN137001 (3387)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN3387
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48773
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 47.4526291
  • Std. Longitude: -92.1962662
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 57N
  • Range: 15W
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: 2300 feet south and 75 feet east of the northwest corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN137—St. Louis
  • MLRA: 88—Northern Minnesota Glacial Lake Basins
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-BEM—Bemidji, Minnesota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN617—St. Louis County, Minnesota, Embarrass Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 47092-D2—Turpela Lake, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jerry Sharp, Brant Heikel
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, nonacid, frigid Histic Humaquepts
  • 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 - Blackhoof
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Blackhoof
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/2/1980
  • 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: organic material over brown outwash
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/2/1980 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - conifers
  • 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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    Oa—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); black (N 2/), moderately decomposed plant material; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 very fine roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4; abrupt wavy boundary.; wet when described;
    A—28 to 36 centimeters (11.0 to 14.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.1 very fine roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4; clear wavy boundary.; wet when described;
    Bw—36 to 48 centimeters (14.2 to 18.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.1 very fine roots; 11 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN338701; moist when described;
    Bg1—48 to 64 centimeters (18.9 to 25.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay loam; weak medium platy structure; firm; 5 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, organic stains on surfaces along root channels; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 22 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN338702; moist when described;
    Bg2—64 to 81 centimeters (25.2 to 31.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 33 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN338703; moist when described;
    B'w—81 to 107 centimeters (31.9 to 42.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) sandy clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN338704; moist when described;
    C—107 to 152 centimeters (42.1 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) sandy loam; friable; 10 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-160-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6. Lab sample # MN338705; moist when described;