IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Merton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992MN131010
  • User Pedon ID: S1992MN131010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0140
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65484
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 44.3099937
  • Std. Longitude: -93.1732635
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 110N
  • Range: 20W
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: 850 feet south and 2175 feet east of the northwest corner
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN131—Rice
  • MLRA: 104—Eastern Iowa and Minnesota Till Prairies
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN131—Rice County, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L. DesLauriers
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Merton
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Merton
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty Typic Hapludoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/30/1992
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/30/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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
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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (N 2/0) silt loam; friable; 3.0 very fine roots; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P01217; moist when described;
    A—20 to 39 centimeters (7.9 to 15.4 inches); black (N 2/0) silt loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 93P01218; moist when described;
    Bg—39 to 58 centimeters (15.4 to 22.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and very dark gray (5Y 3/1) silt loam; 10 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) fine faint mottles; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots; 4 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; 1.52 cm/hr of Ksat - Constant Head Permeameter; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 93P01219; moist when described;
    2Bw—58 to 80 centimeters (22.8 to 31.5 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; 10 percent brown (10YR 5/3) fine faint mottles; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P01220; moist when described;
    2BCk1—80 to 140 centimeters (31.5 to 55.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) fine faint mottles; weak very coarse prismatic, and weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 1 percent fine light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) lime masses; 7 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; 0.48 cm/hr of Ksat - Constant Head Permeameter; slight effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P01221; moist when described;
    2BCk2—140 to 202 centimeters (55.1 to 79.5 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; 10 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) medium distinct mottles; weak very coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 1 percent fine light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) lime masses; 7 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P01222; moist when described;. mottles are along root channels.
    3BC—202 to 227 centimeters (79.5 to 89.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; 25 percent gray (5Y 5/1) coarse prominent mottles; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P01223; moist when described;. mottles are along root channels.
    3C—227 to 250 centimeters (89.4 to 98.4 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) clay loam; 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine prominent mottles; massive; very firm; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 93P01224; moist when described;