IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nokay
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981MN097031 (3496)
  • User Pedon ID: S1981MN097031 (3496)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN3496
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48811
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 46.1393509
  • Std. Longitude: -94.0697784
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 42N
  • Range: 30W
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: 1200 feet south and 1900 feet west of the northeast corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN097—Morrison
  • MLRA: 90A—Wisconsin and Minnesota Thin Loess and Till
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-RHI—Rhinelander, Wisconsin
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN097—Morrison County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46094-B1—Shephard, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jerry Gorton
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Udollic Epiaqualfs
  • 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 - Nokay
  • PSC - 0 to 0 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Nokay
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/29/1981
  • 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: brown till
  • Landform: drumlin
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/29/1981 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • 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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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN349601; dry when described; observed in cut
    Eg1—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine platy structure; friable; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN349602; dry when described; observed in cut
    Eg2—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine sandy loam; weak medium platy structure; friable; fragments. Lab sample # MN349603; observed in cut
    Bt1—36 to 61 centimeters (14.2 to 24.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium platy structure; friable; 5 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN349604; moist when described; observed in cut
    Bt2—61 to 84 centimeters (24.0 to 33.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sandy loam; weak medium platy structure; friable; 5 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN349605; moist when described; observed in cut
    BC—84 to 104 centimeters (33.1 to 40.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sandy loam; weak medium platy structure; firm; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN349606; moist when described; observed in cut
    Cd—104 to 152 centimeters (40.9 to 59.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sandy loam; moderate medium platy structure; firm; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # MN349607; moist when described; observed in cut