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: 9/24/2024
  • 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: 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

    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