IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Huntersville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1982MN159037 (3549)
  • User Pedon ID: S1982MN159037 (3549)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN3549
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48891
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 46.5872688
  • Std. Longitude: -94.9676971
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 136N
  • Range: 34W
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 150 feet north and 75 feet east of the southwest corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN159—Wadena
  • MLRA: 91A—Central Minnesota Sandy Outwash
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-FER—Fergus Falls, Minnesota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN159—Wadena County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46094-E8—Nimrod SW, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dave Aldeen, Charles Saari
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Oxyaquic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Unknown
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Huntersville
  • PSC - 71 to 122 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Huntersville
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/28/1982
  • 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: brown outwash over brown till
  • Landform: drumlin
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/28/1982 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - barren land
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other barren
  • 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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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; sandy loam; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 0.1 very fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN354901; moist when described;
    E1—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; loamy sand; weak fine platy structure; very friable; 0.1 fine roots; black (10YR 2/1), moist, worm casts; 6 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN354902; moist when described;
    E2—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loamy sand; weak medium platy structure; very friable; 0.1 fine roots; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent medium brown (10YR 5/3), moist, masses of reduced iron; 18 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN354903; moist when described;
    E3—33 to 71 centimeters (13.0 to 28.0 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) loamy sand; weak medium platy structure; very friable; 0.1 fine roots; 1 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 12 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN354904; moist when described;
    2Bt1—71 to 122 centimeters (28.0 to 48.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sandy loam; moderate coarse prismatic structure; firm; 0.1 fine roots; 30 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 9 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN354905; moist when described;
    2Bt2—122 to 142 centimeters (48.0 to 55.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sandy loam; weak medium angular blocky parts to weak coarse platy structure; firm; 5 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 5 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores; 11 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; 15 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN354906; moist when described;
    2BCd—142 to 173 centimeters (55.9 to 68.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak coarse platy structure; firm; 5 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of reduced iron; 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN354907; moist when described;
    2Cd—173 to 198 centimeters (68.1 to 78.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loamy sand, loamy sand; weak coarse platy, and massive; firm; 10 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN354908; moist when described;