IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cosmos
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990MN093005(4418)
  • User Pedon ID: S1990MN093005(4418)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN4418
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48956
  • User Project ID: 2039-1
  • Project Name: MLRA 103 - Kandiyohi till plain
  • Print Date: 4/21/2025

    • 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: 44.9072495
  • Std. Longitude: -94.6819992
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 117N
  • Range: 32W
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 1500 feet west and 250 feet north 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/), silty clay; firm; fragments. Lab sample # MN441801
    A—23 to 43 centimeters (9.1 to 16.9 inches); black (N 2/), silty clay; strong very fine angular blocky parts to strong fine angular blocky structure; firm; fragments. Lab sample # MN441802
    Bg—43 to 56 centimeters (16.9 to 22.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silty clay; moderate very fine angular blocky parts to weak fine prismatic structure; firm; 65 percent pressure faces; 1 percent fine olive (5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # MN441803
    Cg1—56 to 86 centimeters (22.0 to 33.9 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) silty clay loam; moderate very fine angular blocky parts to weak coarse 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 # MN441804
    Cg2—86 to 137 centimeters (33.9 to 53.9 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) silty clay; moderate very fine angular blocky parts to weak coarse 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 # MN441805
    Cg3—137 to 150 centimeters (53.9 to 59.1 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) silty clay; firm; 5 percent white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate coats; 11 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # MN441806
    Cg4—150 to 175 centimeters (59.1 to 68.9 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) clay; 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 # MN441807
    Cg5—175 to 221 centimeters (68.9 to 87.0 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) silty clay; 5 percent white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate coats; 11 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # MN441808
    Cg6—221 to 368 centimeters (87.0 to 144.9 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2); 5 percent white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate coats; 11 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 4 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # MN441809