IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Nerwoods
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1992MN131003
User Pedon ID:
S1992MN131003
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
92P0734
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
64973
Print Date:
4/22/2025
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:
44.2661095
Std. Longitude:
-93.0844421
Datum:
WGS84
State:
Minnesota
County:
MN131—Rice
MLRA:
104—Eastern Iowa and Minnesota Till Prairies
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
MN131—Rice County, Minnesota
7.5 Minute USGS Quad:
44093-B1—Moland, Minnesota
PEDON
Describers Name:
Carl Glocker
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Cumulic Hapludolls
Current Taxon Kind:
taxadjunct
Pedon Type:
TUD pedon
Pedon Purpose:
research site
Pedon Record Orgin:
Converted from PDP 3.x
Pedon #:
3
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Nerwoods
PSC -
25 to 100 cm.
Classificaton Date -
7/11/2007
Moisture Class -
udic
Moisture Subclass -
aquic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Nerstrand
Classificaton Date -
7/16/1992
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
0
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Parent Material:
loess and/or alluvium and/or till and/or colluvium derived from igneous and sedimentary rock and/or till derived from igneous and sedimentary rock
Landscape:
upland
Landform:
ground moraine
Hill Slope Profile:
footslope
Slope Position:
upper third
Slope Shape Across:
convex
Slope Shape Down:
concave
Runoff:
medium
Drainage Class:
moderately well
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
7/16/1992 (actual site observation date)
Surface Cover Properties:
Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 -
crop cover
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Drained? -
no
Bedded Soil? -
no
Forest Plantation? -
no
Site Erosion Accelerated:
water erosion
Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind
Feature Depth L-H
Feature Thickness L-RV-H
cm
mollic epipedon
cambic horizon
0—77
77—200
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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
8
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360
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225
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A1—0 to 24 centimeters (0.0 to 9.4 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silt loam, loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 6.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 10.0 fine low-continuity vesicular pores; 1 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-sedimentary fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P04481; moist when described;
2A2—24 to 56 centimeters (9.4 to 22.0 inches); black (N 2/0) silt loam; strong fine granular structure; very friable; 4.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 10.0 fine low-continuity vesicular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P04482; moist when described;
2A3—56 to 77 centimeters (22.0 to 30.3 inches); 98 percent black (10YR 2/1) and 2 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; moderate very fine angular blocky structure; friable; 8.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 8.0 medium moderate-continuity tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P04483; moist when described;
2Bw1—77 to 98 centimeters (30.3 to 38.6 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; 15 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine prominent spherical mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 medium roots throughout; 30.0 medium moderate-continuity tubular pores; 18 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, silica coats on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P04484; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 177798; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 177798
2Bw2—98 to 125 centimeters (38.6 to 49.2 inches); 80 percent brown (10YR 5/3) and 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 10 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak fine angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 1.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 15 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; 1 percent fine and medium spherical extremely weakly coherent cemented black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P04485; moist when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 177786; patchy - phpvsfiid 177786
3Bw3—125 to 155 centimeters (49.2 to 61.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) fine sandy loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 30.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 15 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; 10 percent medium cylindrical noncoherent cemented dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) iron-manganese concretions between peds; fragments; 1 percent krotovinas (lateral area percent); slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P04486; moist when described;. An old erosion surface occurs at 125 to 130 cm. It occurs in about 40 percent of the horizontal area of the pit. It is black (10YR 2/1) fine sandy loam. It has moderate fine subangular blocky structure.; patchy - phpvsfiid 177787; patchy - phpvsfiid 177787
4Bk—155 to 200 centimeters (61.0 to 78.7 inches); 75 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and 25 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent iron concretions; 1 percent medium spherical lime masses; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 92P04487