IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Friberg
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988MN1114440
  • User Pedon ID: S1988MN1114440
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL2
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN4440
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 82919
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024
  • 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: 46.3683205
  • Std. Longitude: -95.8903198
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 133N
  • Range: 41W
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: 300 feet south and 1650 feet west of the northeast corner
  • Location Description: about 11 miles northeast of Fergus Falls
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN111—Otter Tail
  • MLRA: 102A—Rolling Till Prairie
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-FER—Fergus Falls, Minnesota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN111—Otter Tail County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46095-C8—Wall Lake, Minnesota
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Roger T. Risley
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Typic Argiaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Friberg (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 48 to 98 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/29/2011
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Friberg
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/2006
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 2


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: local alluvium over coarse-loamy till
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: moraine
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/13/1988 (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
  • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—61

    48—119

    —61—

    —71—

    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

    400

    645

    145

    6

    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 6.0 medium roots throughout and 6.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN500137
    A—23 to 48 centimeters (9.1 to 18.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 6.0 medium roots throughout and 6.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN500138
    Btg1—48 to 61 centimeters (18.9 to 24.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.9 fine roots throughout; 26 percent faint black (10YR 2/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN500139. continuous - phpvsfiid 585399; continuous - phpvsfiid 585399
    2Btg2—61 to 104 centimeters (24.0 to 40.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) sandy clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 26 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 26 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on surfaces along root channels and 26 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores; 3 percent medium distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN500140. continuous - phpvsfiid 585400; continuous - phpvsfiid 585401; continuous - phpvsfiid 585402; continuous - phpvsfiid 585400; continuous - phpvsfiid 585401; continuous - phpvsfiid 585402
    2Btg3—104 to 119 centimeters (40.9 to 46.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) sandy clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 6 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 6 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on surfaces along root channels and 6 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores; 3 percent medium distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 3 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN500141. patchy - phpvsfiid 585403; patchy - phpvsfiid 585404; patchy - phpvsfiid 585405; patchy - phpvsfiid 585403; patchy - phpvsfiid 585404; patchy - phpvsfiid 585405
    2Cg—119 to 152 centimeters (46.9 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine sandy loam; massive; friable; 6 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, organic stains on surfaces along root channels; 21 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 6 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6. Lab sample # MN500142