IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cosmos
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990MN093004(4417)
  • User Pedon ID: S1990MN093004(4417)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN4417
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48955
  • User Project ID: 2039-1
  • Project Name: MLRA 103 - Kandiyohi till plain
  • 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: 44.9246597
  • Std. Longitude: -94.6558990
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 117N
  • Range: 32W
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: 50 feet west and 1350 feet north of southeast corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN093—Meeker
  • 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: MN093—Meeker County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44094-H6—Cosmos, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Robert Lueth
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Vertic Epiaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Unknown
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cosmos
  • PSC - 0 to 0 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Marna
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/29/1990
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/29/1990 (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/),, dark gray (N 4/),, dry; silt loam; firm; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN441701
    A—23 to 48 centimeters (9.1 to 18.9 inches); black (N 2/), silty clay; strong very fine angular blocky parts to moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 65 percent dark gray (N 4/), moist, pressure faces on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN441702
    Bg—48 to 64 centimeters (18.9 to 25.2 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silty clay; strong very fine angular blocky parts to moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 65 percent pressure faces on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN441703
    BCg—64 to 74 centimeters (25.2 to 29.1 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; moderate very fine angular blocky parts to moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 30 percent pressure faces on all faces of peds; 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN441704
    Cg1—74 to 114 centimeters (29.1 to 44.9 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) silty clay loam; moderate very fine angular blocky parts to weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 5 percent white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate coats; 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN441705
    Cg2—114 to 178 centimeters (44.9 to 70.1 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) silty clay; moderate very fine angular blocky parts to moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 5 percent white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate coats; 11 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN441706
    Cg3—178 to 305 centimeters (70.1 to 120.1 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 5 percent white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate coats; 11 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # MN441707