IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Grovecity
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1982MN067115(3518)
  • User Pedon ID: S1982MN067115(3518)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN3518
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48846
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 45.2042198
  • Std. Longitude: -94.7772141
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 120N
  • Range: 33W
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: 190 feet east and 2595 feet south of northwest corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN067—Kandiyohi
  • MLRA: 103—Central Iowa and Minnesota Till Prairies
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-ALB—Albert Lea, Minnesota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN067—Kandiyohi County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 45094-B7—Atwater, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Allan Giencke
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Unknown
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Grovecity
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Irving
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/6/1982
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: gray till
  • Landform: flat
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/6/1982 (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
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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.1 fine roots; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN351801
    A—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.1 fine roots; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN351802
    Bw—36 to 61 centimeters (14.2 to 24.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.1 fine roots; 65 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN351803
    Bk—61 to 86 centimeters (24.0 to 33.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine sandy loam; friable; 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN351804
    C—86 to 152 centimeters (33.9 to 59.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine sandy loam; friable; 11 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8. Lab sample # MN351805