IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mahkonce
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990MN0874453
  • User Pedon ID: S1990MN0874453
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN4453
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50822
  • Print Date: 1/30/2025

    • 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: 47.4270630
  • Std. Longitude: -95.6489334
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 146N
  • Range: 34W
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: 625 feet north and 2155 feet east of the southwest corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN087—Mahnomen
  • MLRA: 57—Northern Minnesota Gray Drift
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-FER—Fergus Falls, Minnesota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN087—Mahnomen County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 47095-D6—Ebro NW, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Nelson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, frigid Aquic Hapludalfs
  • 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 - Mahkonce
  • Classificaton Date - 2/23/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Mahkonce
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 2/14/2011
  • 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: silty and clayey till
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/14/2011 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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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    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN445301
    E—13 to 20 centimeters (5.1 to 7.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN445301
    Bt1—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN445302
    Bt2—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent fine distinct dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix; 2 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN445303
    BC—56 to 69 centimeters (22.0 to 27.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) clay loam; massive; friable; 2 percent fine distinct dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix and 2 percent fine distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 2 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN445304
    C—69 to 152 centimeters (27.2 to 59.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) clay loam; massive; friable; 3 percent medium distinct grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix and 3 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # MN445305