IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Biwabik
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1983MN021005 (3680)
  • User Pedon ID: S1983MN021005 (3680)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN3680
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48905
  • 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: 46.8994484
  • Std. Longitude: -94.5952606
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 140N
  • Range: 31W
  • Section: 34
  • PLSS Details: 2550 feet south and 300 feet east of the northwest corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN021—Cass
  • MLRA: 57—Northern Minnesota Gray Drift
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-FER—Fergus Falls, Minnesota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN021—Cass County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46094-H5—Hackensack, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Scott Navratil, Tim Richardson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, isotic, frigid Lamellic Dystrudepts
  • 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 - Biwabik
  • PSC - 18 to 53 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Menahga
  • Taxon Kind - variant
  • Classificaton Date - 8/24/1983
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: brown outwash
  • Landform: moraine
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/24/1983 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - conifers
  • 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 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) loamy sand; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN368001; dry when described;
    E—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) loamy sand; weak fine granular parts to weak medium platy structure; very friable; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN368002; dry when described;
    Bw1—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loamy sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 4 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN368003; dry when described;
    Bw2—18 to 53 centimeters (7.1 to 20.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loamy sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 6 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN368004; dry when described;
    Bw3—53 to 76 centimeters (20.9 to 29.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-160-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 8 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN368005; moist when described;
    E and Bt1—76 to 97 centimeters (29.9 to 38.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) gravelly coarse sand; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 5 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films between sand grains; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-160-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 18 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN368006; moist when described;
    E and Bt2—97 to 152 centimeters (38.2 to 59.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) gravelly coarse sand; loose; 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, clay films between sand grains; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-160-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 20 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments. Lab sample # MN368007; moist when described;