IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Harps
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990MN073026(4425)
  • User Pedon ID: S1990MN073026(4425)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSLx
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN4425
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48945
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 44.8347397
  • Std. Longitude: -96.1726532
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 116N
  • Range: 44W
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: 500 feet east and 100 feet north of southwest corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN073—Lac qui Parle
  • MLRA: 103—Central Iowa and Minnesota Till Prairies
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-ALB—Albert Lea, Minnesota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN073—Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44096-G2—Dawson SW, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Pete Weikle
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Calciaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Unknown
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Harps
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Harps
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 12/5/1990
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: gray till
  • Landform: maar
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/5/1990 (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
    • 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
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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-160-250 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN442501; moist when described; observed in cut
    A—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-160-250 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN442502; moist when described; observed in cut
    Bkg—38 to 58 centimeters (15.0 to 22.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-160-250 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN442503; moist when described; observed in cut
    BCg—58 to 84 centimeters (22.8 to 33.1 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 33 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-160-250 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN442504; moist when described; observed in cut
    Cg—84 to 152 centimeters (33.1 to 59.8 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) loam; friable; 33 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-160-250 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # MN442505; moist when described; observed in cut