IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Arkton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991MN093007(4523)
  • User Pedon ID: S1991MN093007(4523)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN4523
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48977
  • User Project ID: 2039-1
  • Project Name: MLRA 103 - Kandiyohi till plain
  • 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: 44.9561806
  • Std. Longitude: -94.5077896
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 117N
  • Range: 31W
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: 1525 feet west and 1975 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-H5—Cedar Mills, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Robert Lueth, Norman Kulhman
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic 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 - Arkton
  • PSC - 0 to 0 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Arkton
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/15/1991
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/15/1991 (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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay; firm; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-160-250 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # MN452301; observed in cut
    Bk1—18 to 46 centimeters (7.1 to 18.1 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) silty clay; strong fine angular blocky parts to moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 30 percent white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate coats; 11 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; 4 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-160-250 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # MN452302; observed in cut
    Bk2—46 to 152 centimeters (18.1 to 59.8 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) silty clay; strong fine angular blocky parts to strong coarse prismatic structure; firm; 30 percent white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate coats; 11 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; 4 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-160-250 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # MN452303; observed in cut