IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Amiret
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991MN073002 (4606)
  • User Pedon ID: S1991MN073002 (4606)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN4606
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48973
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 44.8056679
  • Std. Longitude: -96.1537094
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 116N
  • Range: 44W
  • Section: 34
  • PLSS Details: 250 feet east and 150 feet north of southwest corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN073—Lac qui Parle
  • 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: MN073—Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44096-G2—Dawson SW, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Pete Weikle
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Calcic Hapludolls
  • 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 - Amiret
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 3/7/2014
  • Classifier - Kristin Brennan
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ves
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1991
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: gray till
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: moraine
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1991 (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 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.1 fine roots; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN460601; moist when described; observed in cut
    Bw—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.1 fine roots; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN460602; moist when described; observed in cut
    Bk1—46 to 84 centimeters (18.1 to 33.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.1 fine roots; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN460603; moist when described; observed in cut
    Bk2—84 to 127 centimeters (33.1 to 50.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.1 fine roots; 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN460604; moist when described; observed in cut
    Bk3—127 to 163 centimeters (50.0 to 64.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN460605; moist when described; observed in cut
    BC—163 to 188 centimeters (64.2 to 74.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN460606; moist when described; observed in cut
    C—188 to 208 centimeters (74.0 to 81.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) loam; friable; 1 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # MN460607; moist when described; observed in cut