IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Epsom
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992MN131004
  • User Pedon ID: S1992MN131004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0735
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64974
  • Print Date: 11/25/2024

    • 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: 44.2486115
  • Std. Longitude: -93.0849991
  • 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 L. Glocker
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Cumulic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Epsom
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Nerstrand Variant
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/1992
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium and/or colluvium and/or till
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: frequent flooding begining in jan
  • 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 - 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 Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—88

    88—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

    2

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    355

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    270

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    A1—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) broken face silt loam; 8 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine and medium prominent irregular mottles; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; 40.0 medium roots throughout; 0.5 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; 2 percent faint black (N 2/0), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P04488; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 177799; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 177799
    2A2—20 to 40 centimeters (7.9 to 15.7 inches); black (N 2/0) broken face silt loam, silty clay loam; 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine prominent irregular mottles; weak fine prismatic parts to moderate very fine angular blocky structure; friable; 12.0 medium roots throughout; 10.0 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P04489; moist when described;
    2A3—40 to 53 centimeters (15.7 to 20.9 inches); black (N 2/0) broken face silty clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine and medium prominent irregular mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate very fine angular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P04490; moist when described;
    2A4—53 to 64 centimeters (20.9 to 25.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1) broken face silty clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine prominent irregular mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate very fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P04491; wet when described;
    2Bg1—64 to 88 centimeters (25.2 to 34.6 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face silt loam; 25 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine prominent irregular mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate very fine angular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 0.5 fine low-continuity tubular pores; prominent very dark brown (10YR 2/2) organic stains and 85 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, coats on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P04492; wet when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 177800; continuous - phpvsfiid 177801; continuous - phpvsfiid 177800; continuous - phpvsfiid 177801
    2Bg2—88 to 102 centimeters (34.6 to 40.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) broken face silt loam; 20 percent brown (7.5YR 4/2) fine prominent irregular mottles; moderate coarse prismatic parts to weak thick platy parts to moderate very fine angular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 0.5 fine low-continuity tubular pores; 75 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) organic stains; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P04493; wet when described;
    2Bg3—102 to 155 centimeters (40.2 to 61.0 inches); 70 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face and 25 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) broken face and 5 percent greenish gray (5BG 5/1) broken face silt loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; friable; 20.0 fine low-continuity tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P04494; wet when described;
    3BC—155 to 200 centimeters (61.0 to 78.7 inches); 60 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face and 40 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) broken face sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 2 percent prominent iron stains on faces of peds and in pores and 10 percent faint strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) coats on faces of peds; 13 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-sedimentary fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, pH meter. Lab sample # 92P04495; wet when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 177792; patchy - phpvsfiid 177792