IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Huntersville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1982MN159040 (3550)
  • User Pedon ID: S1982MN159040 (3550)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN3550
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48894
  • Print Date: 2/1/2025

    • 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: 46.4961205
  • Std. Longitude: -94.9893112
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 135N
  • Range: 34W
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: 1175 feet south and 100 feet west of the northeast 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-D8—Aldrich North, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dave Aldeen, Fred Renner
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Aquic Arenic Hapludalfs
  • 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 - Huntersville
  • PSC - 66 to 117 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Huntersville
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/29/1982
  • 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: summit
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/29/1982 (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); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; fine sand; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 fine roots; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN355001; moist when described;
    E1—23 to 28 centimeters (9.1 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.1 fine roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN355002; moist when described;
    E2—28 to 66 centimeters (11.0 to 26.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; loose; 0.1 fine roots; 11 percent fine light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN355003; moist when described;
    2Bt1—66 to 91 centimeters (26.0 to 35.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sandy loam; moderate coarse prismatic structure; firm; 0.1 very fine roots; 30 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN355004; moist when described;
    2Bt2—91 to 132 centimeters (35.8 to 52.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) gravelly coarse sandy loam; very friable; strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, iron stains; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-160-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 54 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN355005; moist when described;
    2BCd—132 to 165 centimeters (52.0 to 65.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) gravelly loamy coarse sand; weak coarse platy structure; firm; 11 percent brown (10YR 5/3), moist, masses of reduced iron; 9 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN355006; moist when described;
    2Cd—165 to 183 centimeters (65.0 to 72.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sandy loam; weak coarse platy structure; firm; 9 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # MN355007; moist when described;