IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Formdale
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1982MN155002 (3521)
  • User Pedon ID: S1982MN155002 (3521)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN3521
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48857
  • User Project ID: FFTP_10-FAR19
  • Project Name: MLRA 102A - Fergus Falls Till Plain Formdale Catena Study, Re-correlation and Investigations
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 45.7156105
  • Std. Longitude: -96.6365509
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 126N
  • Range: 48W
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: 265 feet south and 150 feet west of the northeast corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN155—Traverse
  • MLRA: 102A—Rolling Till Prairie
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN155—Traverse County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 45096-F6—Beardsley NW, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Peter R. Hartman, Grant K. Johnson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Oxyaquic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Unknown
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Formdale
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/19/2019
  • Classifier - Keith Anderson
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Aazdahl
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/16/1982
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-loamy till
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: moraine
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • Plot #: 18

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/16/1982 (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
  • STM Version ID: 1
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    calcic horizon

    free carbonates

    aquic conditions

    0—36

    51—81

    51—152

    81—152

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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

    0

    —

    —

    —

    —

    645

    —

    145

    6

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN352101; moist when described;
    A—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN352102; moist when described;
    Bw—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 5 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN352103; moist when described;
    Bk—51 to 81 centimeters (20.1 to 31.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silty clay loam; friable; fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN352104; moist when described;
    C1—81 to 99 centimeters (31.9 to 39.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) loam; friable; 1 percent red (2.5YR 4/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN352105; moist when described;
    C2—99 to 117 centimeters (39.0 to 46.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) clay loam; friable; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of reduced iron and 10 percent gray (N 5/), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN352106; moist when described;
    C3—117 to 152 centimeters (46.1 to 59.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) clay loam; friable; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of reduced iron and 10 percent gray (N 5/), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # MN352107; moist when described;