IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Harps
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990MN0734431
  • User Pedon ID: S1990MN0734431
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSLx
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN4431
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50821
  • Print Date: 2/1/2025

    • 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: 44.8491402
  • Std. Longitude: -95.9220581
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 116N
  • Range: 42W
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: 1950 feet east and 175 feet north of the 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: 44095-G8—Boyd, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: David Tufvesson
  • 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: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Harps
  • Classificaton Date - 2/23/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Canisteo
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 2/11/2011
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy till
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/11/2011 (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 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN443101
    A—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # MN443102
    Bkg—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent fine prominent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 2 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN443103
    Bk—56 to 79 centimeters (22.0 to 31.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) clay loam; massive; friable; 3 percent fine prominent gray (N 5/), moist, iron depletions 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; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN443104
    C—79 to 152 centimeters (31.1 to 59.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) clay loam; massive; friable; 21 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 21 percent fine distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix; 3 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # MN443105