IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Biscay
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981MN1273460
  • User Pedon ID: S1981MN1273460
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN3460
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48808
  • Print Date: 1/29/2025

    • 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: 44.4919891
  • Std. Longitude: -95.3029327
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 112N
  • Range: 37W
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: NE1/4SW1/4
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN127—Redwood
  • 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: MN127—Redwood County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44095-D3—Wabasso, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Unknown
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Endoaquolls
  • 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 - Biscay
  • PSC - 0 to 0 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Biscay
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 4/27/1981
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: gray outwash
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/27/1981 (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 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); black (N 2/),, black (10YR 2/1), dry; loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN346001; moist when described;
    A1—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN346002; moist when described;
    A2—43 to 56 centimeters (16.9 to 22.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN346003; moist when described;
    Bg1—56 to 76 centimeters (22.0 to 29.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN346004; moist when described;
    Bg2—76 to 84 centimeters (29.9 to 33.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 11 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 6 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN346005; moist when described;
    Cg—84 to 152 centimeters (33.1 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2); friable; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 12 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6. Lab sample # MN346006; moist when described;