IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rockwood
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981MN153005
  • User Pedon ID: S1981MN153005 (3512)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN3512
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48829
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 46.2521657
  • Std. Longitude: -95.0047698
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 132N
  • Range: 34W
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: 15 meters south and 366 meters west of the northeast 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: Edward L. Bruns, Michael L. Lieser
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Haplic Glossudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: University of Minnesota
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Rockwood (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 56 to 81 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/2013
  • 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:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: lodgment till
  • Landscape: drumlin field
  • Landform: drumlin
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • 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

    glossic horizon

    argillic horizon

    densic contact

    densic materials

    0—41

    20—41

    61—94

    61—117

    117—

    117—300

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    —-

    —-

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    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

    —

    —

    —

    —

    180

    680

    —

    140

    5

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 8 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN351201; moist when described;
    E—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) sandy loam; weak medium platy structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 9 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN351202; moist when described;
    BE1—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and brown (10YR 4/3) sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.1 fine roots; 65 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, sand coats on all faces of peds; 13 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN351203; moist when described;
    BE2—61 to 94 centimeters (24.0 to 37.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and brown (10YR 4/3) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.1 fine roots; 30 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3), 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; 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN351204; moist when described;
    Bt—94 to 117 centimeters (37.0 to 46.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; fine roots; 30 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on surfaces along root channels; 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN351205; wet when described;
    Cd1—117 to 178 centimeters (46.1 to 70.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy loam; moderate fine platy structure; firm; very pale brown (10YR 7/3) carbonate bands on horizontal faces of peds; 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN351206; wet when described;
    Cd2—178 to 226 centimeters (70.1 to 89.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy loam; moderate medium platy structure; firm; 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN351207; wet when described;
    Cd3—226 to 249 centimeters (89.0 to 98.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy loam; strong medium platy structure; very firm; 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN351208; wet when described;
    Cd4—249 to 300 centimeters (98.0 to 118.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy loam; strong coarse platy structure; very firm; 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # MN351209; wet when described;