IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Colvin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1982MN167002 (3519)
  • User Pedon ID: S1982MN167002 (3519)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN3519
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48896
  • Print Date: 4/23/2025

    • 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: 46.3254814
  • Std. Longitude: -96.5288773
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 133N
  • Range: 47W
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: 205 feet south and 110 feet west of the northeast corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN167—Wilkin
  • MLRA: 56—Red River Valley of the North
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-FAR—Fargo, North Dakota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN167—Wilkin County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46096-C5—Wahpeton, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jacobson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, frigid Typic Calciaquolls
  • 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 - Colvin
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Unnamed 1211
  • Classificaton Date - 8/18/1982
  • 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: 8/18/1982 (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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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; friable, moderately sticky; 0.1 fine roots; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN351901; moist when described;
    Bk1—23 to 48 centimeters (9.1 to 18.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; very friable, moderately sticky; 0.1 fine roots; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN351902; moist when described;
    Bk2—48 to 69 centimeters (18.9 to 27.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; moderate fine granular structure; very friable, moderately sticky; 0.1 fine roots; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN351903; moist when described;
    BCy1—69 to 91 centimeters (27.2 to 35.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky; 33 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN351904; moist when described;
    BCy2—91 to 140 centimeters (35.8 to 55.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable, moderately sticky; 33 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # MN351905; moist when described;