IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Buse
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993MN111005
  • User Pedon ID: S1993MN111005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0767
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66110
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 46.1722221
  • Std. Longitude: -95.9367752
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 1 mile west of Dalton
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN111—Otter Tail
  • MLRA: 102A—Rolling Till Prairie
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN111—Otter Tail County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46095-B8—Dalton, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jerome Gorton
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Buse
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Eutrochrepts
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/17/1993
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: dead ice moraine
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/17/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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

    ochric epipedon

    cambic horizon

    calcic horizon

    0—16

    16—45

    45—190

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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

    9

    —

    —

    418

    —

    180

    597

    —

    —

    5

    20

    -12

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    Ap—0 to 16 centimeters (0.0 to 6.3 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P05275
    Bk1—16 to 45 centimeters (6.3 to 17.7 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 fine and medium roots; carbonate coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks; iron-manganese masses; carbonate masses throughout; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P05276. shale fragments; texture may be a silt loam, carbonates make it feel that way.
    Bk2—45 to 68 centimeters (17.7 to 26.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) clay loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 fine roots; carbonate coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks; 10 percent dark red (2.5YR 3/6) masses of oxidized iron; 40 percent light gray (2.5Y 7/2) carbonate threads; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P05277
    Bk3—68 to 90 centimeters (26.8 to 35.4 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) clay loam; 25 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine and medium faint spherical and 25 percent dark red (2.5YR 3/6) fine and medium prominent spherical mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent iron-manganese masses and 25 percent dark red (2.5YR 3/6) iron concretions; 40 percent light gray (2.5Y 7/2) carbonate threads; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P05278
    Bk4—90 to 147 centimeters (35.4 to 57.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) clay loam; 1 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine spherical and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine and medium spherical mottles; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; iron-manganese concretions; 10 percent light gray (2.5Y 7/2) carbonate threads; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P05279
    Bk5—147 to 190 centimeters (57.9 to 74.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) clay loam; 1 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine spherical and 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine spherical and 10 percent dark red (2.5YR 3/6) fine spherical mottles; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; carbonate coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks; fine and medium iron-manganese masses and medium and coarse iron-manganese masses; 1 percent carbonate threads; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # 93P05280