IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Mehurin
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1990MN073022 (4426)
User Pedon ID:
S1990MN073022 (4426)
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
yes
Lab Source ID -
UMNSSL1
Lab Pedon # -
UMN4426
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
48943
Print Date:
11/23/2024
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:
44.9803810
Std. Longitude:
-96.4340363
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
118N
Range:
46W
Section:
33
PLSS Details:
300 feet north and 300 feet east of the southwest corner
Country:
US—United States
State:
Minnesota
County:
MN073—Lac qui Parle
MLRA:
102A—Rolling Till Prairie
Regional Office:
NC—North Central
MLRA Soil Survey Area:
NC-FER—Fergus Falls, Minnesota
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
MN073—Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota
7.5 Minute USGS Quad:
44096-H4—Gary NW, Minnesota
PEDON
Describers Name:
David H. Tufvesson, Peter C. Weikle
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine, smectitic, frigid Aquic Argiudolls
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Type:
OSD pedon
Pedon Purpose:
laboratory sampling site
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Mehurin (flagged as OSD)
PSC -
23 to 53 cm.
Classificaton Date -
9/2/2011
Soil Taxonomic Edition -
eleventh edition
Moisture Class -
udic
Moisture Subclass -
typic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
SND
Taxon Kind -
series
Classificaton Date -
10/10/1990
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
Certification Status:
certified
QC Status:
level 1
QA Status:
level 1
SITE
Parent Material:
fine-loamy till
Landscape:
till plain
Landform:
moraine
Slope Shape Across:
linear
Slope Shape Down:
linear
Drainage Class:
moderately well
Geology:
Wisconsinan formation.
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
10/10/1990 (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
calcic horizon
0—36
23—53
53—152
—36—
—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
1
—
—
448
—
645
—
145
6
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Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.1 fine roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; neutral, pH 6.9; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN442601; moist when described;
Bt1—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.1 fine roots; 30 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN442602; moist when described;
Bt2—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.1 fine roots; 30 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint irregular noncoherent cemented grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron with diffuse boundaries throughout and 3 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN442603; moist when described;
Bk1—53 to 74 centimeters (20.9 to 29.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.1 fine roots; 3 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with clear boundaries throughout and 3 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron with diffuse boundaries throughout; 3 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, carbonate masses with clear boundaries throughout; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN442604; moist when described;
Bk2—74 to 152 centimeters (29.1 to 59.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) clay loam; 33 percent mottles; friable; 1 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese masses with clear boundaries throughout and 21 percent fine prominent irregular noncoherent cemented gray (5Y 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron with diffuse boundaries throughout and 21 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, iron-manganese masses with diffuse boundaries throughout; 1 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, carbonate masses with clear boundaries throughout; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3. Lab sample # MN442605; moist when described;