IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mosford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988MN141116 (4486)
  • User Pedon ID: S1988MN141116 (4486)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN4486
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48927
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 45.3363270
  • Std. Longitude: -93.7373050
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 33N
  • Range: 27W
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: 2550 feet south and 160 feet west of the northeast corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN141—Sherburne
  • MLRA: 91A—Central Minnesota Sandy Outwash
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN141—Sherburne County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 45093-C6—Big Lake, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Thomas C. Jackson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, frigid Entic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Unknown
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Mosford
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/28/2017
  • Classifier - T. Neuenfeldt
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Monticello
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 4/29/1991
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: glaciofluvial deposits over sandy alluvium
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/29/1991 (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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    0—41

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    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

    —

    —

    —

    —

    0

    700

    —

    150

    6

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    A1—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; sandy loam; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; many (21.0) fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; slightly acid, pH 6.1; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN448601; moist when described;
    A2—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; common (3.0) fine roots throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN448602; moist when described;
    Bw1—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; few (0.5) fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; moderately acid, pH 5.9; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN448603; moist when described;
    Bw2—41 to 53 centimeters (16.1 to 20.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) coarse sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN448604; moist when described;
    2BC—53 to 84 centimeters (20.9 to 33.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sand; single grain; loose; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN448605; moist when described;
    2C—84 to 152 centimeters (33.1 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) sand; single grain; loose; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; strongly acid, pH 5.5. Lab sample # MN448606; moist when described;