IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Smiley
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992MN113002
  • User Pedon ID: S1992MN113002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0729
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64968
  • 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: 48.0730553
  • Std. Longitude: -96.0441666
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 153N
  • Range: 42W
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4
  • Location Description: About 7 miles southeast of Thief River Falls.. About 120 miles (meters?) northeast of ? in monitoring transect. T.15N. recorded on description changed to T153N.
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN113—Pennington
  • MLRA: 56—Red River Valley of the North
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN113—Pennington County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 48096-A1—Hazel, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Carl Glocker, Rodney Heschke
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Aquic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Smiley
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Smiley
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, frigid Typic Argiaquoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/24/1992
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/24/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    4BC1

    4BC2

    4BC3

    94

    105

    145

    105

    145

    172

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    4BC1

    4BC2

    4BC3

    94

    105

    145

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    145

    172

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    4BC1

    4BC2

    4BC3

    94

    105

    145

    105

    145

    172

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    calcic horizon

    0—28

    28—40

    40—172

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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

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) broken face, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face, dry; loam; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; 10.0 medium roots throughout and 21.0 fine roots and 25.0 coarse roots throughout; 7 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P04435; moist when described;
    A—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) broken face, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face, dry; loam; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; 25.0 medium roots throughout and 10.0 fine roots throughout; 3 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P04436; moist when described;
    2Bw—28 to 40 centimeters (11.0 to 15.7 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) broken face clay loam, sandy clay loam; weak medium angular blocky parts to weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 35.0 medium roots throughout; 1.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; prominent coats and 3 percent prominent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; 3 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; 4 percent of percent calcium; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P04437; moist when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 176152; patchy - phpvsfiid 176152
    3Bk1—40 to 69 centimeters (15.7 to 27.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face silt loam, silty clay loam; 2 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine and medium prominent irregular mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to weak thin platy parts to moderate very fine angular blocky structure; friable; 20.0 medium roots between peds; 15.0 medium low-continuity tubular pores; 3 percent prominent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; 2 percent medium spherical noncoherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/2) lime masses throughout; 3 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; 37 percent of percent calcium; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P04438; moist when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 176153; patchy - phpvsfiid 176153
    3Bk2—69 to 94 centimeters (27.2 to 37.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face silt loam; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine prominent irregular mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to weak very thick platy parts to moderate very fine angular blocky structure; firm; 20.0 fine and medium roots between peds; 40.0 medium low-continuity tubular pores; 3 percent prominent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and 5 percent prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, iron stains on faces of peds; 8 percent fine and medium spherical extremely weakly coherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/2) lime masses throughout; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; 32 percent of percent calcium; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P04439; moist when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 176154; patchy - phpvsfiid 176155; patchy - phpvsfiid 176154; patchy - phpvsfiid 176155
    4BC1—94 to 105 centimeters (37.0 to 41.3 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) broken face loam; 15 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine prominent irregular mottles; weak fine prismatic parts to moderate medium platy parts to moderate very fine angular blocky structure; firm; 2.0 fine roots between peds; 2.0 medium low-continuity tubular pores; 2 percent prominent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and 5 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1) coats; 1 percent fine spherical extremely weakly coherent cemented dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) iron-manganese masses throughout; 2 percent fine spherical extremely weakly coherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/2) lime masses throughout; 7 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; 24 percent of percent calcium; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P04440; moist when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 176169; patchy - phpvsfiid 176169
    4BC2—105 to 145 centimeters (41.3 to 57.1 inches); 80 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face and 10 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) broken face loam; 15 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine prominent irregular mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to weak very thick platy parts to weak fine angular blocky structure; firm; 2.0 fine roots between peds; 10.0 medium low-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent prominent brown (7.5YR 5/4), moist, iron stains on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume shale, unspecified fragments and 7 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; 21 percent of percent calcium; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P04441; moist when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 176170; patchy - phpvsfiid 176170
    4BC3—145 to 172 centimeters (57.1 to 67.7 inches); 60 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face and 40 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face loam; 15 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine prominent irregular mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to weak very thick platy parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; 5 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4) iron stains; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; 23 percent of percent calcium; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P04442; moist when described;
    5C—172 to 212 centimeters (67.7 to 83.5 inches); 60 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) broken face and 40 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face silt loam, loam; 15 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine prominent irregular mottles; massive; firm; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; 33 percent of percent calcium; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 92P04443; moist when described;. Laminated 3-mm thick layers.