IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Epsom
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992MN131005
  • User Pedon ID: S1992MN131005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0736
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64975
  • 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: 44.2483330
  • Std. Longitude: -93.0847244
  • 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-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Cumulic Epiaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Epsom
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Epsom
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Cumulic Haplaquoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/1992
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium derived from mixed
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Slope Position: drainageway
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Flooding: frequent flooding
  • 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—63

    63—104

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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

    1

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    354

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    0

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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) broken face silt loam, silty clay loam; strong very fine granular structure; very friable; 25.0 coarse roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P04496; moist when described;
    A2—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); black (N 2/0) broken face silt loam, silty clay loam; moderate very fine angular blocky structure; very friable; 15.0 medium roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P04497; moist when described;
    A3—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); black (N 2/0) broken face silt loam, silty clay loam; 9 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine prominent irregular mottles; moderate medium angular blocky parts to moderate very fine angular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 very fine to medium roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P04498; wet when described;
    A4—36 to 63 centimeters (14.2 to 24.8 inches); black (N 2/0) broken face silt loam, silty clay loam; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) medium prominent irregular mottles; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very friable; 25.0 fine roots throughout and 0.5 coarse roots between peds; 3.0 very fine high-continuity tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, pH meter; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P04499; wet when described;
    2Bg1—63 to 75 centimeters (24.8 to 29.5 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) broken face silt loam; 18 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) medium prominent irregular mottles; weak fine prismatic parts to weak medium angular blocky structure; firm; 22.0 fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine high-continuity tubular pores; 2 percent prominent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and in pores; 3 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-sedimentary fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P04500; wet when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 177802; patchy - phpvsfiid 177802
    2Bg2—75 to 104 centimeters (29.5 to 40.9 inches); 55 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) broken face and 25 percent greenish gray (5BG 5/1) broken face and 20 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) broken face silt loam; weak medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 medium roots and 15.0 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine low-continuity tubular pores; 2 percent prominent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and in pores and 75 percent prominent organic stains on faces of peds; 6 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-sedimentary fragments; 15 percent of percent coarse ; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P04501; wet when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 177789; patchy - phpvsfiid 177789
    3C1—104 to 132 centimeters (40.9 to 52.0 inches); 95 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) broken face and 5 percent greenish gray (5BG 5/1) broken face loamy coarse sand, gravelly loamy sand; massive; very friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 25.0 medium high-continuity interstitial pores; 34 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-sedimentary fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P04502; wet when described;
    4C2—132 to 170 centimeters (52.0 to 66.9 inches); 60 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) broken face and 40 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) broken face silty clay loam, clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 0.5 fine low-continuity tubular pores; 1 percent by volume subangular 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-sedimentary fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; neutral, pH 7.3, pH meter. Lab sample # 92P04503; wet when described;