IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mora
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981MN097036
  • User Pedon ID: S1981MN097036
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN3514
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48814
  • User Project ID: MLCU_10-DUL19
  • Project Name: MLRA 90A - Mille Lacs Uplands Coarse-Loamy Basal Till Investigation
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 45.8889999
  • Std. Longitude: -94.0018005
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 39N
  • Range: 29W
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: 990 meters south and 390 meters 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
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN097—Morrison County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 45094-H1—Pierz, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: William Brug, Roger Berggren
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Aquic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC
  • Pedon #: 36
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Mora
  • PSC - 36 to 86 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/19/2019
  • Classifier - B. Schug
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mora
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1981
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 2
  • QA Status: level 2


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: coarse-loamy till
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: drumlin
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: head slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1981 (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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    redox concentrations

    argillic horizon

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    aquic conditions

    densic contact

    0—36

    13—89

    36—114

    51—114

    51—114

    114—

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    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

    5

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    —

    393

    —

    180

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    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) fine sandy loam; friable; 2.0 fine roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN351401; moist when described;
    E1—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium platy structure; friable; 2.0 fine roots; brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 4 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN351402; moist when described;. Horizon was described as having few redoximorphic concentrations; no percentage given.
    E2—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to moderate fine platy structure; very friable; 0.5 fine roots; strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN351403; moist when described;. Horizon was described as having few redoximorphic concentrations; no percentage given.
    BE—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2) sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine platy structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots; 5 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fine brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN351404; moist when described;. Horizon was described as having common redoximorphic concentrations; no percentage given.
    Bt1—51 to 71 centimeters (20.1 to 28.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium platy structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots; 30 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fine brown (7.5YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; 13 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN351405; moist when described;. Horizon was described as having few redoximorphic concentrations; no percentage given.
    Bt2—71 to 89 centimeters (28.0 to 35.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) gravelly loamy sand; weak fine subangular blocky parts to moderate medium platy structure; firm; fine roots; 65 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and brown (7.5YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-160-250 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method and 30 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN351406; wet when described;. Horizon was described as having common redoximorphic concentrations and few redoximorphic depletions; no percentage given.
    Bt3—89 to 114 centimeters (35.0 to 44.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) gravelly sandy loam; moderate medium platy structure; firm; 5 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; brown (7.5YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-160-250 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method and 20 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN351407; wet when described;. Horizon was described as having few redoximorphic depletions; no percentage given.
    BCd—114 to 147 centimeters (44.9 to 57.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) gravelly sandy loam; strong medium platy structure; firm; 25 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-36-75 millimeter mixed fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN351408; wet when described;
    Cd—147 to 173 centimeters (57.9 to 68.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) gravelly sandy loam; strong coarse platy structure; firm; 16 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments. Lab sample # MN351409; wet when described;