IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Dowagiac
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981MN099059
  • User Pedon ID: S1981MN099059
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN3483
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48803
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 43.7625504
  • Std. Longitude: -92.5088120
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 104N
  • Range: 14W
  • Section: 34
  • PLSS Details: 400 feet north and 100 feet east of the southwest 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-G5—High Forest, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: George Poch, Steve Lawler
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • 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 - Dowagiac
  • PSC - 46 to 99 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Classifier - Lawler
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Dowagiac
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 46 to 99 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/18/1981
  • Classifier - Lawler
  • 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: loess over alluvium
  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/18/1981 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Lawler
  • 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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; loam; friable; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN348301; moist when described;
    A—20 to 25 centimeters (7.9 to 9.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN348302; moist when described;
    BA—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN348303; moist when described;
    Bt1—46 to 64 centimeters (18.1 to 25.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN348304; moist when described;
    Bt2—64 to 84 centimeters (25.2 to 33.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 11 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN348305; moist when described;
    Bt3—84 to 122 centimeters (33.1 to 48.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine sandy loam; loose; 14 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN348306; moist when described;
    2C—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) sand; loose; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3. Lab sample # MN348307; moist when described;