IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lomax
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991MN129012(4497)
  • User Pedon ID: S1991MN129012(4497)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN4497
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48987
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 44.7785683
  • Std. Longitude: -95.4465866
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 115N
  • Range: 38W
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: 1500 feet north and 1000 feet west of southeast corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN129—Renville
  • 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: MN129—Renville County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44095-G4—Minnesota Falls, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Art Voigtlander
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Cumulic 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 - Lomax
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lomax
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/27/1991
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/27/1991 (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
    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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; loam; weak medium granular parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN449701; moist when described; observed in cut
    A1—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.1 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN449702; moist when described; observed in cut
    A2—36 to 66 centimeters (14.2 to 26.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.1 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN449703; moist when described; observed in cut
    A3—66 to 86 centimeters (26.0 to 33.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN449704; moist when described; observed in cut
    Bw—86 to 122 centimeters (33.9 to 48.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN449705; moist when described; observed in cut
    2C—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) loamy fine sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8. Lab sample # MN449706; moist when described; observed in cut