IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Reedslake
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990MN085059(4360)
  • User Pedon ID: S1990MN085059(4360)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN4360
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48949
  • User Project ID: 2029-3
  • Project Name: MLRA 103 - Ice Contact and Moraine Investigation
  • Print Date: 4/19/2025

    • 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: 44.8425293
  • Std. Longitude: -94.1651382
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 116N
  • Range: 28W
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: 2300 feet south and 1800 feet east of NW corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN085—McLeod
  • MLRA: 103—Central Iowa and Minnesota Till Prairies
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-ALB—Albert Lea, Minnesota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN085—McLeod County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44094-G2—Glenco, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: James Murry
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Mollic Oxyaquic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Unknown
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Reedslake
  • PSC - 20 to 56 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/8/2019
  • Classifier - Myles Elsen
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lester
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/18/1990
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: gray till and/or gray till
  • Landform: rise, rise
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/18/1990 (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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 fine roots; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN436001; moist when described;
    Bt1—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 5 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN436002; moist when described;
    Bt2—30 to 56 centimeters (11.8 to 22.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 30 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, carbonate coats; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # MN436003; moist when described;
    C1—56 to 91 centimeters (22.0 to 35.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) clay loam; friable; 5 percent light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, carbonate coats; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN436005; moist when described;
    C2—91 to 122 centimeters (35.8 to 48.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) loam; friable; 5 percent light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, carbonate coats; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of reduced iron; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8. Lab sample # MN436006; moist when described;
    C2—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) loam; friable; 5 percent light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, carbonate coats; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of reduced iron; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8. Lab sample # MN436007; moist when described;