IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rockwood
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981MN153003
  • User Pedon ID: S1981MN153003 (3510)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN3510
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48827
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 46.2706521
  • Std. Longitude: -95.0002842
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 132N
  • Range: 34W
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: 414 meters north and 15 meters west of the southeast corner
  • 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-C1—Bertha, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Charles Saari, Dave Aldeen
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, frigid Glossic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: University of Minnesota
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Rockwood
  • PSC - 43 to 84 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/29/2013
  • Classifier - Meredith Albers
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rockwood
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1981
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 3
  • QA Status: level 2


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: lodgment till
  • Landscape: drumlin field
  • Landform: drumlin
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/1/1981 (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
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    interfingering of albic materials

    densic contact

    densic materials

    0—43

    23—43

    43—69

    130—

    130—300

    —43—

    —20—

    —24—

    —-

    —170—
    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

    3

    —

    —

    431

    —

    315

    680

    —

    140

    5

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; sandy loam; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; 0.5 fine roots; 4 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 8 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-160-250 millimeter mixed fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN351001
    E—23 to 43 centimeters (9.1 to 16.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) sandy loam; weak fine platy structure; very friable; 0.5 fine roots; 7 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 8 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-160-250 millimeter mixed fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN351002
    BE—43 to 69 centimeters (16.9 to 27.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sandy loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; friable; 0.1 fine roots; 30 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 65 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, sand coats on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-160-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 9 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN351003
    Bt—69 to 84 centimeters (27.2 to 33.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; friable; 0.1 fine roots; 30 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-160-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 9 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN351004
    C1—84 to 130 centimeters (33.1 to 51.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to moderate fine platy structure; friable; 5 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-160-250 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN351005
    C2—130 to 157 centimeters (51.2 to 61.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy loam; moderate medium platy structure; friable; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-160-250 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN351006
    C3—157 to 185 centimeters (61.8 to 72.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) cobbly sandy loam; moderate medium platy structure; friable; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-160-250 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN351007
    C4—185 to 229 centimeters (72.8 to 90.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) cobbly sandy loam; moderate medium platy structure; friable; 7 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 25 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-160-250 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN351008
    C5—229 to 249 centimeters (90.2 to 98.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) cobbly sandy loam; moderate coarse platy structure; friable; 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-160-250 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN351009
    C6—249 to 300 centimeters (98.0 to 118.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) cobbly sandy loam; moderate coarse platy structure; friable; 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-160-250 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # MN351010