IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Giese
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992MN0014697
  • User Pedon ID: S1992MN0014697
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN4697
  • User Project ID: MLCU_10-DUL19
  • Project Name: MLRA 90A - Mille Lacs Uplands Coarse-Loamy Basal Till Investigation
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 46.1795158
  • Std. Longitude: -93.2207336
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 43N
  • Range: 23W
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 3035 feet south and 115 feet west of the northeast corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN001—Aitkin
  • MLRA: 90A—Wisconsin and Minnesota Thin Loess and Till
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN001—Aitkin County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46093-B2—Kroschel NW, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Roger Berggren, Paul Nyberg
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, isotic, nonacid, frigid Typic Humaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Giese (flagged as OSD)
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/24/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Giese
  • Classificaton Date - 4/1/2007
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 2
  • QA Status: level 2


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: coarse-loamy glaciofluvial deposits over coarse-loamy till
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/15/2011 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • 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

    ochric epipedon

    aquic conditions

    sapric soil materials

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

    redox concentrations

    cambic horizon

    0—28

    0—91

    0—3

    15—97

    15—178

    28—91

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    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

    0.5

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    135

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    Oa—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1) muck; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN469701
    A—3 to 15 centimeters (1.2 to 5.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; mucky silt loam; strong medium granular structure; friable; 1 percent by volume subrounded 75-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 2 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN469702
    Eg—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; loam; moderate thin platy structure; friable; 3 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 3 percent medium faint grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix and 21 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 1 percent by volume subrounded 75-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 2 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN469703
    Bg1—28 to 61 centimeters (11.0 to 24.0 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3 percent fine faint greenish gray (5G 5/1), moist, iron depletions in matrix and 21 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 21 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 1 percent by volume subrounded 75-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 2 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN469704
    Bg2—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 3 percent medium faint brown (7.5YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix and 21 percent medium distinct dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 21 percent fine distinct dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 1 percent by volume subrounded 75-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 4 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN469705
    2BC—76 to 91 centimeters (29.9 to 35.8 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) fine sandy loam; moderate thin platy structure; firm; 1 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 3 percent fine distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 3 percent fine distinct reddish gray (5YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix; 2 percent by volume subrounded 75-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 10 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN469706
    2BCd1—91 to 135 centimeters (35.8 to 53.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; moderate thin platy structure; firm; 3 percent fine distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 2 percent by volume subrounded 75-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 8 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN469707
    2BCd2—135 to 152 centimeters (53.1 to 59.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; moderate fine platy structure; firm; fragments. Lab sample # MN469708