IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Two Inlets
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992MN0054701
  • User Pedon ID: S1992MN0054701
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN4701
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50844
  • Print Date: 4/17/2025
  • 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: 47.1138115
  • Std. Longitude: -95.1699600
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 142N
  • Range: 36W
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: 1800 feet north and 50 feet west
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN005—Becker
  • MLRA: 91A—Central Minnesota Sandy Outwash
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-FER—Fergus Falls, Minnesota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN005—Becker County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 47095-A2—Two Inlets, Minnesota
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Keith A. Christensen
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, frigid Psammentic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Two Inlets
  • PSC - 36 to 71 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/23/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Two Inlets
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 2/15/2011
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy and gravelly outwash
  • Landscape: outwash plain
  • Landform: hillslope
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/15/2011 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    argillic horizon

    0—36

    36—71

    —36—

    —35—

    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

    15

    135

    700

    150

    6

    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN470101; moist when described;
    E—8 to 36 centimeters (3.1 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) gravelly loamy coarse sand; weak thin platy structure; very friable; 10 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN470102; moist when described;
    Bt—36 to 71 centimeters (14.2 to 28.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) gravelly loamy coarse sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 20 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN470103; moist when described;
    C1—71 to 104 centimeters (28.0 to 40.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose; 15 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN470104; moist when described;
    C2—104 to 152 centimeters (40.9 to 59.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose; 20 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # MN470104; moist when described;