IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Dorset
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981MN0413466
  • User Pedon ID: S1981MN0413466
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN3466
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50807
  • 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: 46.0395080
  • Std. Longitude: -95.1911010
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 130N
  • Range: 36W
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 1940 feet north and 780 feet west of the southeast corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN041—Douglas
  • MLRA: 91A—Central Minnesota Sandy Outwash
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-FER—Fergus Falls, Minnesota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN041—Douglas County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46095-A2—Rose City, Minnesota
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Charles Saari, Edward L. Bruns
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Alfic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Dorset
  • PSC - 25 to 75 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/23/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Dorset
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 2/10/2011
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy glaciofluvial deposits over sandy and gravelly outwash
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/10/2011 (entry creation 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
  • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—25

    25—79

    —25—

    —54—

    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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    1

    270

    700

    150

    6

    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; 3 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN346601
    B/E—25 to 28 centimeters (9.8 to 11.0 inches); 70 percent brown (10YR 4/3) and 30 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 26 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt coats on vertical faces of peds; 13 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # MN346602
    Bt1—28 to 51 centimeters (11.0 to 20.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sandy loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 6 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt coats on vertical faces of peds and 90 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) clay films on vertical faces of peds; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN346603
    2Bt2—51 to 79 centimeters (20.1 to 31.1 inches); 60 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) gravelly loamy sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 26 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) clay films on vertical faces of peds; 20 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # MN346604
    2BC—79 to 84 centimeters (31.1 to 33.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) gravelly loamy sand; single grain; loose; 90 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) clay bridges between sand grains; 30 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # MN346605
    2C—84 to 152 centimeters (33.1 to 59.8 inches); variegated pale brown (10YR 6/3) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose; 30 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8. Lab sample # MN346606