IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Becida
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981MN153004
  • User Pedon ID: S1981MN153004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 82P0064
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50304
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 46.2672234
  • Std. Longitude: -95.0030594
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 132N
  • Range: 34W
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: 100 feet north and 800 feet west of the southeast corner
  • Location Description: about 3 miles east of Bertha
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN153—Todd
  • MLRA: 57—Northern Minnesota Gray Drift
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN153—Todd County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46095-C1—Bertha, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Charles T. Saari and David L. Aldeen
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Aeric Glossaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Becida
  • PSC - 55 to 105 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/4/2013
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Paddock
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1997
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: coarse-loamy lodgment till
  • Landscape: drumlin field
  • Landform: drumlin
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: base slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/6/1981 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: C. Saari and D. Aldeen
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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

    redox concentrations

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    glossic horizon

    argillic horizon

    densic contact

    densic materials

    0—38

    24—38

    24—109

    24—178

    38—55

    55—109

    109—109

    109—178

    —38—

    —14—

    —85—

    —154—

    —17—

    —54—

    —-

    —69—
    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

    —

    —

    323

    —

    270

    680

    —

    135

    5

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    Ap—0 to 24 centimeters (0.0 to 9.4 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; common (2.0) fine roots throughout; 2 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P00309; moist when described;
    E—24 to 38 centimeters (9.4 to 15.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; sandy loam; weak medium platy structure; very friable; common (2.0) fine roots throughout; 3 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 3 percent fine faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix; 10 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P00310; moist when described;
    E/B—38 to 55 centimeters (15.0 to 21.7 inches); 40 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and 40 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and 20 percent brown (10YR 4/3) sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; few (0.9) fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix and 3 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P00311; moist when described;
    Bt1—55 to 82 centimeters (21.7 to 32.3 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few (0.9) fine roots throughout; 26 percent distinct very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores; 3 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 21 percent coarse distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix; 4 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P00312; moist when described;
    Bt2—82 to 109 centimeters (32.3 to 42.9 inches); 50 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and 40 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and 10 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 51 percent distinct very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 51 percent distinct very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores; 1 percent fine distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 1 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-10-20 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P00313; moist when described;
    BCd1—109 to 142 centimeters (42.9 to 55.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) sandy loam; moderate medium platy structure; friable; 1 percent fine distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-125-250 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method and 8 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-40-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 82P00314; moist when described;
    BCd2—142 to 178 centimeters (55.9 to 70.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) sandy loam; moderate medium platy structure; friable; 26 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, carbonate coats on surfaces along root channels; 3 percent medium distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-10-20 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method and 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-125-250 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method and 8 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 20-40-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # 82P00315; moist when described;