IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Verndale
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990MN1414342
  • User Pedon ID: S1990MN1414342
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL2
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN4342
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 82912
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 45.5053215
  • Std. Longitude: -94.1264954
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 35N
  • Range: 31W
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: 1700 feet north and 100 feet west of the southeast corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN141—Sherburne
  • MLRA: 91A—Central Minnesota Sandy Outwash
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-FER—Fergus Falls, Minnesota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN141—Sherburne County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 45094-E2—Saint Cloud, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Thomas C. Jackson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Typic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: U of MN lab data only
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Verndale
  • PSC - 25 to 46 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/24/1994
  • Classifier - Allan G. Giencke
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - sixth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - SND
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 0 to 46 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/16/1990
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: glaciofluvial deposits over outwash
  • Landscape: outwash plain
  • Landform: flat
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/16/1990 (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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—25

    25—46

    —25—

    —21—
    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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    1

    —

    —

    —

    —

    180

    700

    —

    150

    6

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    —

    —

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    A—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; common (3.0) very fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN434201; moist when described;
    Bt—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches); 60 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) and 40 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) coarse sandy loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; common (3.0) very fine roots throughout; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN434202; moist when described;
    2Bw—46 to 71 centimeters (18.1 to 28.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) coarse sand; single grain; loose; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; strongly acid, pH 5.2, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN434203; moist when described;
    2C1—71 to 99 centimeters (28.0 to 39.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sand; single grain; loose; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN434204; moist when described;
    2C2—99 to 152 centimeters (39.0 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) sand; single grain; loose; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; moderately acid, pH 5.6, pH meter. Lab sample # MN434205; moist when described;