IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Sandberg
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1989MN1114439
User Pedon ID:
S1989MN1114439
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
UMNSSL1
Lab Pedon # -
UMN4439
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
50811
Print Date:
2/3/2025
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:
46.3732452
Std. Longitude:
-96.0956116
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
134N
Range:
43W
Section:
33
PLSS Details:
1380 feet north and 800 feet west of the southeast corner
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:
46096-C1—Fergus Falls, Minnesota
PEDON
Describers Name:
Michael L. Lieser
Current Taxonomic Class:
Sandy, mixed, frigid Calcic Hapludolls
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Type:
OSD pedon
Pedon Purpose:
laboratory sampling site
Pedon Record Orgin:
PedonPC
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Sandberg (flagged as OSD)
PSC -
25 to 100 cm.
Classificaton Date -
2/23/2012
Soil Taxonomic Edition -
eleventh edition
Moisture Class -
udic
Moisture Subclass -
typic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Sandberg
Taxon Kind -
series
Classificaton Date -
2/14/2011
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
Certification Status:
certified
QC Status:
level 1
QA Status:
level 1
SITE
Parent Material:
sandy and gravelly outwash
Landscape:
outwash plain, outwash plain
Landform:
rise, rise
Slope Shape Across:
linear
Slope Shape Down:
convex
Drainage Class:
excessively
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
7/24/1989 (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
0—30
—30—
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
4
—
—
—
—
45
645
—
145
6
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Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; friable; common (3.0) medium roots throughout and common (3.0) fine roots throughout; 4 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-40 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN443901; moist when described;
A—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; gravelly loamy coarse sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; common (3.0) medium roots throughout and common (3.0) fine roots throughout; 4 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-40 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN443902; moist when described;
Bw—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) gravelly loamy coarse sand; single grain; loose; 16 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-40 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN443903, MN443903; moist when described;
Bk—48 to 74 centimeters (18.9 to 29.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose; 50 percent fine distinct irregular weakly coherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, carbonate concretions with clear boundaries on bottom of rock fragments; 25 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-40 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.3; diffuse wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN443904; moist when described;
C—74 to 152 centimeters (29.1 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose; 30 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-40 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6. Lab sample # MN443905; moist when described;