IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Balaton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1983MN1553645
  • User Pedon ID: S1983MN1553645
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN3645
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48918
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 46.6143456
  • Std. Longitude: -96.6378632
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 125N
  • Range: 48W
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: 150 feet south and 425 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
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-FER—Fergus Falls, Minnesota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN155—Traverse County, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Nancy J. Gire
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Aquic Calciudolls
  • 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 - Balaton
  • PSC - 0 to 0 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hamerly
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 4/23/1983
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: till
  • Landform: flat
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/23/1983 (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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

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    225

    645

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    6

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) clay loam; weak fine granular structure; fragments; violent effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN364501; moist when described;
    Bk1—20 to 51 centimeters (7.9 to 20.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN364502; moist when described;
    Bkg—51 to 99 centimeters (20.1 to 39.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; 1 percent fine strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN364503; moist when described;
    Cg—99 to 122 centimeters (39.0 to 48.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; 33 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN364504; moist when described;
    C—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; 1 percent light olive gray (5Y 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 33 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # MN364505; moist when described;