IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kittson
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980MN167051 (3411)
  • User Pedon ID: S1980MN167051 (3411)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN3411
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48798
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 46.2351189
  • Std. Longitude: -96.3007889
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 132N
  • Range: 45W
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: 1320 feet south and 1580 feet east of the northwest corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN167—Wilkin
  • 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: MN167—Wilkin County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46096-B3—Campbell NE, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Gordon
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, 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 - Kittson
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kittson
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/10/1980
  • 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: lacustrine deposits over gray till
  • Landform: flat
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/10/1980 (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 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN341101; moist when described;
    Bw—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) sandy clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN341102; moist when described;
    2Bk—46 to 71 centimeters (18.1 to 28.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.1 fine roots; 10 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN341103; moist when described;
    2Cg—71 to 152 centimeters (28.0 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; very friable; 0.1 fine roots; 10 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9. Lab sample # MN341104; moist when described;