IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kilkenny
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981MN067102(3458)
  • User Pedon ID: S1981MN127102(3458)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN3458
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48809
  • User Project ID: 2029-3
  • Project Name: MLRA 103 - Ice Contact and Moraine Investigation
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 45.2354393
  • Std. Longitude: -94.8879089
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 120N
  • Range: 34W
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: 2230 feet west and 1385 feet south of northeast corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN067—Kandiyohi
  • MLRA: 103—Central Iowa and Minnesota Till Prairies
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-ALB—Albert Lea, Minnesota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN067—Kandiyohi County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 45094-B8—Spicer, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Allan Giencke
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Oxyaquic 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 - Kilkenny
  • PSC - 23 to 64 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kilkenny
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 4/6/1981
  • 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: gray till
  • Landform: moraine
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/6/1981 (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 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.1 fine roots; 6 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN345801; moist when described;
    Bt1—23 to 43 centimeters (9.1 to 16.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 0.1 fine roots; dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films; 8 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN345802; moist when described;
    Bt2—43 to 64 centimeters (16.9 to 25.2 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine prismatic structure; firm; 0.1 fine roots; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN345803; moist when described;
    2BC—64 to 104 centimeters (25.2 to 40.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN345804; moist when described;
    2C—104 to 152 centimeters (40.9 to 59.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) loam; friable; 6 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9. Lab sample # MN345805; moist when described;