IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Brandsvold
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984MN1193858
  • User Pedon ID: S1984MN1193858
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL2
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN3858
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 82909
  • Print Date: 11/22/2024

    • 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: 47.6424280
  • Std. Longitude: -96.1735660
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 148N
  • Range: 43W
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: 30 feet south and 150 feet west of the northeast corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN119—Polk
  • MLRA: 102A—Rolling Till Prairie
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-FER—Fergus Falls, Minnesota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN119—Polk County, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Al Giencke
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Typic Argiaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Brandsvold
  • PSC - 18 to 48 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/6/2016
  • Classifier - T. Neuenfeldt
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - SND
  • Taxonomic Class - Frigid
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/30/1984
  • Classifier - A. Giencke
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: coarse-loamy till
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: moraine
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/30/1984 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    calcic horizon

    0—18

    18—48

    48—74

    —18—

    —30—

    —26—
    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

    1

    —

    —

    —

    —

    645

    —

    145

    6

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    —

    —

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; friable; few (0.5) fine roots throughout; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN500132; moist when described;
    Btg1—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few (0.5) fine roots throughout; 75 percent distinct very dark gray (5Y 3/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries throughout; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN500133; moist when described;
    Btg2—36 to 48 centimeters (14.2 to 18.9 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) sandy clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few (0.5) fine roots throughout; 30 percent distinct dark gray (5Y 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries throughout and 3 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN500134; moist when described;
    Bkg—48 to 74 centimeters (18.9 to 29.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) fine sandy loam; weak fine platy structure; friable; 3 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, iron-manganese nodules with diffuse boundaries throughout; 3 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, carbonate masses with clear boundaries on surfaces along root channels; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, unspecified; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # MN500135; moist when described;
    Cg—74 to 152 centimeters (29.1 to 59.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) sandy loam; weak fine platy structure; friable; 1 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries throughout and 3 percent medium distinct irregular noncoherent cemented grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries throughout; 5 percent by volume nonflat subangular indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, unspecified. Lab sample # MN500136; moist when described;