IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Klossner
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981MN015003 (3475)
  • User Pedon ID: S1981MN015003 (3475)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN3475
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48802
  • Print Date: 4/1/2025

    • 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: 44.3131294
  • Std. Longitude: -94.7372818
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 110N
  • Range: 32W
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: 2200 feet east and 500 feet north of the southwest corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN015—Brown
  • MLRA: 103—Central Iowa and Minnesota Till Prairies
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-ALB—Albert Lea, Minnesota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN015—Brown County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44094-C6—Sleepy Eye, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Keith Christensen
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, euic, mesic Terric Haplosaprists
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Klossner
  • PSC - 0 to 130 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Palms
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/9/1981
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: organic material over gray till
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/9/1981 (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
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    Oap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; moderately decomposed plant material; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN347501; moist when described;
    Oa—25 to 56 centimeters (9.8 to 22.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; moderately decomposed plant material; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN347502; moist when described;
    2A1—56 to 66 centimeters (22.0 to 26.0 inches); black (5Y 2.5/1), very dark gray (5Y 3/1), dry; mucky silty clay loam; weak medium platy structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN347503; moist when described;
    2A2—66 to 119 centimeters (26.0 to 46.9 inches); black (5Y 2.5/1), very dark gray (5Y 3/1), dry; silty clay; firm; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN347504; moist when described;
    2A3—119 to 152 centimeters (46.9 to 59.8 inches); black (5Y 2.5/1), very dark gray (5Y 3/1), dry; silty clay; firm; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4. Lab sample # MN347505; moist when described;