IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Forestcity
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991MN093025(4601)
  • User Pedon ID: S1991MN093025(4601)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN4601
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48985
  • User Project ID: 2029-3
  • Project Name: MLRA 103 - Ice Contact and Moraine Investigation
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 45.2613487
  • Std. Longitude: -94.3125534
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 121N
  • Range: 29W
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 2550 feet east and 2550 feet south of northwest 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: 45094-C3—Kimball, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Robert Lueth, Miller
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Argiaquolls
  • 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 - Forestcity
  • PSC - 0 to 0 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hamel
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/27/1991
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/27/1991 (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
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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-160-250 millimeter mixed fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN460101; observed in cut
    A1—25 to 56 centimeters (9.8 to 22.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; loam; weak very fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-160-250 millimeter mixed fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN460102; observed in cut
    A2—56 to 91 centimeters (22.0 to 35.8 inches); black (N 2/),, very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-160-250 millimeter mixed fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN460103; observed in cut
    AB—91 to 109 centimeters (35.8 to 42.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; loam; moderate fine angular blocky parts to weak fine prismatic structure; friable; 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-160-250 millimeter mixed fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN460104; observed in cut
    2Btg1—109 to 122 centimeters (42.9 to 48.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) clay loam; moderate fine angular blocky parts to moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 65 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 4 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-160-250 millimeter mixed fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN460105; observed in cut
    2Btg2—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) sandy clay loam; moderate coarse angular blocky parts to moderate coarse prismatic structure; friable; 75 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 11 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-160-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN460106; observed in cut
    2BCg—152 to 165 centimeters (59.8 to 65.0 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to weak coarse prismatic structure; very friable; 75 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 11 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 75-160-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 6 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # MN460107; observed in cut