IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Biscay
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990MN085805 (4363)
  • User Pedon ID: S1990MN085805 (4363)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN4363
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48951
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 44.9360390
  • Std. Longitude: -94.4108124
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 117N
  • Range: 30W
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: 100 feet north and 2300 feet east of southwest corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN085—McLeod
  • 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: MN085—McLeod County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44094-H4—Hutchinson West, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mark Perry
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Endoaquolls
  • 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 - Biscay
  • PSC - 0 to 0 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Biscay
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/17/1990
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/17/1990 (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 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); black (N 2/), clay loam; firm; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN436301; moist when described;
    A1—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) clay loam; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2. Lab sample # MN436302; moist when described;
    A2—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loam; very friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2. Lab sample # MN436303; moist when described;
    Bg—56 to 79 centimeters (22.0 to 31.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) loam; very friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4. Lab sample # MN436304; moist when described;
    2Cg1—79 to 122 centimeters (31.1 to 48.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) gravelly sand; loose; fragments; strong effervescence; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # MN436305; moist when described;
    2Cg2—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) gravelly sand; loose; fragments; strong effervescence; neutral, pH 7.0. Lab sample # MN436306; moist when described;