IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lester
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992MN131012
  • User Pedon ID: S1992MN131012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0407
  • User Project ID: 2029-3
  • Project Name: MLRA 103 - Ice Contact and Moraine Investigation
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 44.3547211
  • Std. Longitude: -93.2991638
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 110N
  • Range: 21W
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: 400 feet south and 700 feet east of the northwest corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN131—Rice
  • MLRA: 103—Central Iowa and Minnesota Till Prairies
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-ALB—Albert Lea, Minnesota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN131—Rice County, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Beck
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Oxyaquic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 12
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Lester
  • PSC - 18 to 68 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hayden
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludalf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 1/22/1993
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: till and/or outwash
  • Landform: terrace, marine terrace
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/16/2019 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    argillic horizon

    0—82

    82—130

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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

    3

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    336

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    225

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; loam; weak medium granular, and weak fine granular structure; very friable; 10.0 fine and medium roots; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P03018; moist when described;
    Bt1—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 fine and medium roots; 37 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P03019; moist when described;
    Bt2—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 fine and medium roots; 55 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P03020; moist when described;
    Bt3—51 to 81 centimeters (20.1 to 31.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; moderate coarse subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 fine and medium roots; 37 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter dolomite (dolostone) fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P03021; moist when described;
    Bk1—81 to 152 centimeters (31.9 to 59.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 10 percent black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions between peds; 22 percent white (10YR 8/1) lime masses between peds; 4 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments and 4 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter dolomite (dolostone) fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P03022; moist when described;
    Bk2—152 to 203 centimeters (59.8 to 79.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions between peds; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter dolomite (dolostone) fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 93P03023; moist when described;