IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Kandota
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1981MN153001
User Pedon ID:
S1981MN153001
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
UMNSSL1
Lab Pedon # -
UMN3508
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
48825
Print Date:
4/28/2025
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:
46.1462300
Std. Longitude:
-95.1119650
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
131N
Range:
35W
Section:
20
PLSS Details:
1500 feet south and 1900 feet west of the northeast corner
Location Description:
alternately written 339 meters N and 240 meters E of center
Country:
US—United States
State:
Minnesota
County:
MN153—Todd
MLRA:
57—Northern Minnesota Gray Drift
Regional Office:
NC—North Central
MLRA Soil Survey Area:
NC-FER—Fergus Falls, Minnesota
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
MN153—Todd County, Minnesota
7.5 Minute USGS Quad:
46095-B1—Eagle Bend, Minnesota
PEDON
Describers Name:
William H. Brug, Jr., Fred Renner
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Glossic Hapludalfs
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Type:
OSD pedon
Pedon Purpose:
laboratory sampling site
Pedon Record Orgin:
Pedon PC
Pedon #:
1
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Kandota (flagged as OSD)
PSC -
66 to 84 cm.
Classificaton Date -
9/2/2011
Soil Taxonomic Edition -
eleventh edition
Moisture Class -
udic
Moisture Subclass -
typic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Nebish
Taxon Kind -
series
Classificaton Date -
10/1/1981
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
Certification Status:
certified
QC Status:
level 1
QA Status:
level 1
SITE
Parent Material:
coarse-loamy till
Landscape:
till plain
Landform:
moraine
Geomorphic Component Hills:
interfluve
Hill Slope Profile:
shoulder
Slope Position:
upper third
Slope Shape Across:
convex
Slope Shape Down:
convex
Drainage Class:
well
Geology:
Wisconsinan formation.
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
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
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
1
—
—
443
—
0
680
—
135
5
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Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) sandy loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 2.0 fine roots; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN350801; moist when described;
E—15 to 41 centimeters (5.9 to 16.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak medium platy structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN350802; moist when described;
BE—41 to 66 centimeters (16.1 to 26.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.1 fine roots; 30 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds and 65 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, sand coats on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN350803; moist when described;
Bt—66 to 84 centimeters (26.0 to 33.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) sandy clay loam; strong medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; fine roots; 65 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN350804; moist when described;
BC—84 to 102 centimeters (33.1 to 40.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; weak fine platy structure; firm; fine roots; 5 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3), moist, carbonate coats on all faces of peds and 65 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN350805; moist when described;
C1—102 to 130 centimeters (40.2 to 51.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sandy loam; weak fine platy structure; firm; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN350806; moist when described;
C2—130 to 163 centimeters (51.2 to 64.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy loam; weak medium platy structure; firm; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN350807; wet when described;
C3—163 to 201 centimeters (64.2 to 79.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy loam; weak medium platy structure; firm; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN350808; wet when described;
C4—201 to 244 centimeters (79.1 to 96.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy loam; moderate medium platy structure; firm; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN350809; wet when described;
C5—244 to 282 centimeters (96.1 to 111.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy loam; weak coarse platy, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 6 percent by volume nonflat indurated unspecified fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # MN350810