IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Riceville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981MN099054
  • User Pedon ID: S1981MN099054
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN3487
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48805
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 43.7296982
  • Std. Longitude: -92.4682465
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 103N
  • Range: 14W
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: 1000 feet south and 300 feet east of the northwest corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN099—Mower
  • MLRA: 104—Eastern Iowa and Minnesota Till Prairies
  • Regional Office: 11—Indianapolis, IN
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-WAV—Waverly, Iowa
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN099—Mower County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43092-F4—Spring Valley, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: George Poch, Stephan Lawler
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Hapludalfs
  • 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 - Riceville
  • PSC - 33 to 84 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Riceville
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/15/1981
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess over till
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/15/1981 (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
    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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN348701; moist when described;
    E—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; strong fine angular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 65 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, pressure faces on all faces of peds; 33 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN348702; moist when described;
    Bt1—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) clay loam; strong fine angular blocky structure; firm; 65 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, pressure faces on all faces of peds and 65 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN348703; moist when described;
    Bt2—51 to 76 centimeters (20.1 to 29.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 65 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, pressure faces on all faces of peds and 65 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores; 33 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN348704; moist when described;
    Bt3—76 to 97 centimeters (29.9 to 38.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 5 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores and 65 percent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, pressure faces on all faces of peds; 33 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # MN348705; moist when described;
    BC—97 to 152 centimeters (38.2 to 59.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) clay loam; very firm; 5 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores and 65 percent gray (10YR 6/1), moist, pressure faces on all faces of peds; 33 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN348706; moist when described;
    C—152 to 178 centimeters (59.8 to 70.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) loam; very firm; 33 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7. Lab sample # MN348707; moist when described;