IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fargo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993MN089026
  • User Pedon ID: S1993MN089026
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1993MN089026
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 94P0026
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66216
  • 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: 48.2861099
  • Std. Longitude: -96.9766693
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 156N
  • Range: 49W
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: 205 feet east and 1221 feet north of the southwest corner
  • Location Description: Bloomer township. 221 feet north of farmstead trees (need to measure to road crossing).
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN089—Marshall
  • MLRA: 56—Red River Valley of the North
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN089—Marshall County, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • 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 #: 26
  • 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 - 9/24/1993
  • 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 on a slope
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/24/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: AS 66
  • 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—38

    38—93

    93—142

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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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    249

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    315

    559

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    4

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    Ap—0 to 24 centimeters (0.0 to 9.4 inches); black (N 2/0), very dark gray (N 3/0), dry; silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, phenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P00177; moist when described;
    A2—24 to 38 centimeters (9.4 to 15.0 inches); 40 percent very dark gray (5Y 3/1) and 20 percent dark olive gray (5Y 3/2) and 40 percent black (N 2/0), 40 percent gray (5Y 5/1) and 20 percent olive gray (5Y 4/2) and 40 percent very dark gray (N 3/0), dry; silty clay; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 15.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 10.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 1 percent distinct black (5Y 2/1) pressure faces on all faces of peds and 1 percent distinct dark olive gray (5Y 3/2) pressure faces on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, phenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P00178; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 194066; continuous - phpvsfiid 194067; continuous - phpvsfiid 194066; continuous - phpvsfiid 194067
    Bg1—38 to 65 centimeters (15.0 to 25.6 inches); 60 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and 30 percent very dark gray (5Y 3/1) and 10 percent black (5Y 2/1) silty clay; 2 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 15.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 1 percent distinct dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) pressure faces on all faces of peds and 1 percent distinct very dark gray (5Y 3/1) pressure faces on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, phenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P00179; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 194068; continuous - phpvsfiid 194069; continuous - phpvsfiid 194068; continuous - phpvsfiid 194069
    Bg2—65 to 93 centimeters (25.6 to 36.6 inches); 80 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and 20 percent dark olive gray (5Y 3/2) silty clay; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; distinct dark olive gray (5Y 3/2) pressure faces on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular iron-manganese concretions; 2 percent fine irregular carbonate masses; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, phenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P00180; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 194070; continuous - phpvsfiid 194070
    2Bk1—93 to 123 centimeters (36.6 to 48.4 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay loam; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine and medium prominent mottles; weak fine prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 20.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; distinct olive gray (5Y 4/2) pressure faces on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular iron-manganese concretions; 1 percent fine irregular carbonate masses; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, phenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P00181; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 194071; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 194071
    2Bk2—123 to 142 centimeters (48.4 to 55.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; 5 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine and medium prominent and 15 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine and medium prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 20.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; distinct olive gray (5Y 4/2) pressure faces on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular iron-manganese concretions; 1 percent fine irregular carbonate threads and 1 percent medium and coarse irregular carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, phenol red; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P00182; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 194072; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 194072
    2C1—142 to 180 centimeters (55.9 to 70.9 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; 8 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 15 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine and medium prominent mottles; moderate coarse prismatic parts to weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine platy structure; friable; 1.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; distinct olive gray (5Y 5/2) pressure faces on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine and medium irregular iron-manganese concretions; 1 percent coarse irregular light gray (10YR 7/1) carbonate masses and 2 percent medium and coarse irregular carbonate threads; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, phenol red; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P00183; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 194073; continuous - phpvsfiid 194073
    2C2—180 to 210 centimeters (70.9 to 82.7 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine and medium prominent and 20 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine and medium prominent mottles; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium platy structure; firm; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 2 percent fine and medium irregular iron-manganese concretions; 5 percent fine and medium irregular light gray (10YR 7/1) carbonate masses; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, phenol red. Lab sample # 94P00184; moist when described;