IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Grovecity
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1982MN093036(3573)
  • User Pedon ID: S1982MN093036(3573)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN3573
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48848
  • 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: 45.2114677
  • Std. Longitude: -94.6556168
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 120N
  • Range: 32W
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: 260 feet north and 40 feet west of the southeast corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN093—Meeker
  • 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: MN093—Meeker County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 45094-B6—Grove City, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Grencke
  • 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 - 6/12/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Grovecity
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/3/1982
  • 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: somewhat poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/3/1982 (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 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.1 fine roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-160-250 millimeter mixed fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN357301; moist when described;
    A—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.1 fine roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-160-250 millimeter mixed fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN357302; moist when described;
    Bw1—38 to 51 centimeters (15.0 to 20.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.1 fine roots; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-160-250 millimeter mixed fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN357303; moist when described;
    Bw2—51 to 76 centimeters (20.1 to 29.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; 4 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-160-250 millimeter mixed fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN357304; moist when described;
    Bk—76 to 107 centimeters (29.9 to 42.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine sandy loam; friable; 33 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-160-250 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN357305; moist when described;
    BCk—107 to 152 centimeters (42.1 to 59.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine sandy loam; friable; 33 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; 7 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-160-250 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # MN357306; moist when described;