IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fargo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993MN089023
  • User Pedon ID: S1993MN089023
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1993MN089023
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 94P0023
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66213
  • 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: 48.2016678
  • Std. Longitude: -96.8836136
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 155N
  • Range: 49W
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: About 2410 feet north and 255 feet west of southeast corner
  • Location Description: Vega Township.
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN089—Marshall
  • MLRA: 56—Red River Valley of the North
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN089—Marshall County, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: BWH, RJB, and PWK
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, frigid Typic Epiaquerts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 23
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Fargo
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Midriver
  • Taxonomic Class - Clayey over fine-silty, mixed, frigid Typic Haplaq
  • Classificaton Date - 9/22/1993
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plains
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Slope Position: depression
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/22/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: AS 79
  • Microrelief Kind: microdepression
  • Microrelief Elevation: 10
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    TRITI

    Triticum

    wheat

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    calcic horizon

    0—52

    52—71

    71—137

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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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    251

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    315

    559

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    4

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); black (N 2/0), dark gray (N 4/0), dry; silty clay; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; friable; 20.0 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; 7 Bromthymol blue; neutral, pH 7.2, phenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P00153; moist when described;
    A2—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); black (N 2/0), 80 percent dark gray (N 4/0) and 20 percent very dark gray (N 3/0), dry; silty clay; weak fine and medium prismatic parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 20.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 10.0 fine and medium tubular pores; distinct pressure faces on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, phenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P00154; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 180916; continuous - phpvsfiid 180916
    Bg1—38 to 52 centimeters (15.0 to 20.5 inches); 70 percent very dark gray (5Y 3/1) and 30 percent dark olive gray (5Y 3/2), dark gray (5Y 4/1) and olive gray (5Y 4/2), dry; silty clay; weak fine and medium prismatic parts to weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 7.0 fine and medium tubular pores; distinct black (N 2/0) organic stains on all faces of peds and distinct black (5Y 2/1) pressure faces on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, phenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P00155; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 194034; continuous - phpvsfiid 194035; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 194034; continuous - phpvsfiid 194035
    Bg2—52 to 71 centimeters (20.5 to 28.0 inches); 70 percent dark gray (5Y 4/1) and 30 percent dark olive gray (5Y 3/2), gray (5Y 6/1) and olive gray (5Y 4/2), dry; silty clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 15.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 8.0 fine and medium tubular pores; distinct black (N 2/0) organic stains on all faces of peds and distinct dark olive gray (5Y 3/2) pressure faces on all faces of peds; fragments; 7.19999981 Bromthymol blue; neutral, pH 7.2, phenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P00156; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 194036; continuous - phpvsfiid 194037; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 194036; continuous - phpvsfiid 194037
    2Bk1—71 to 107 centimeters (28.0 to 42.1 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1), light olive gray (5Y 6/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 7.0 fine and medium tubular pores; distinct black (N 2/0) organic stains on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine irregular carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, phenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P00157; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 194038; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 194038
    2Bk2—107 to 137 centimeters (42.1 to 53.9 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) silty clay loam; weak fine and medium prismatic parts to weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 fine tubular pores; distinct dark gray (5Y 4/1) pressure faces on all faces of peds and prominent black (N 2/0) organic stains in root channels and/or pores; 1 percent fine irregular light gray (10YR 7/1) iron-manganese concretions; 3 percent fine irregular light gray (10YR 7/1) carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, phenol red; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P00158; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 194039; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 194040; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 194039; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 194040
    2C1—137 to 164 centimeters (53.9 to 64.6 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay loam; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine faint mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.0 fine and medium tubular pores; distinct dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) pressure faces on all faces of peds; 3 percent fine and medium irregular light gray (10YR 7/1) carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, phenol red; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P00159; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 194041; continuous - phpvsfiid 194041
    2C2—164 to 195 centimeters (64.6 to 76.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay loam; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine faint mottles; moderate coarse prismatic structure; friable; 2.0 fine tubular pores; prominent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) pressure faces on all faces of peds; 6 percent fine and medium irregular light gray (10YR 7/1) carbonate masses; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, phenol red; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P00160; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 194042; continuous - phpvsfiid 194042
    2C3—195 to 220 centimeters (76.8 to 86.6 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay loam; 2 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine faint mottles; moderate coarse prismatic structure; friable; 2.0 fine tubular pores; prominent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) pressure faces on all faces of peds; 5 percent fine and medium irregular light gray (10YR 7/1) carbonate masses; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, phenol red. Lab sample # 94P00161; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 194043; continuous - phpvsfiid 194043