IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Weetown
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989MN1114441
  • User Pedon ID: S1989MN1114441
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL2
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN4441
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 82920
  • 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: 46.3707924
  • Std. Longitude: -95.9900513
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 134N
  • Range: 42W
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: 550 feet north and 250 feet west of the southeast corner
  • Location Description: about 8 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: Michael L. Lieser
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Pachic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Weetown (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 69 to 119 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/8/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Weetown
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/1999
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 2


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/13/1989 (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—79

    69—130

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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

    2

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    396

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    645

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    145

    6

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN500143
    A—23 to 69 centimeters (9.1 to 27.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN500144
    BE—69 to 79 centimeters (27.2 to 31.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 2 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN500145
    Bt1—79 to 104 centimeters (31.1 to 40.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots; 26 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 26 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores; 3 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 3 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN500146
    Bt2—104 to 130 centimeters (40.9 to 51.2 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 26 percent faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 26 percent faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores; 3 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 3 percent fine distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix; 3 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN500147
    Bk—130 to 152 centimeters (51.2 to 59.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 3 percent fine distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix and 3 percent medium distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix; 3 percent fine threadlike light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, carbonate masses and 3 percent medium threadlike light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, carbonate masses; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6. Lab sample # MN500148