IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fargo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993MN119020
  • User Pedon ID: S1993MN119020
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 94P0020
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66210
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 48.0052795
  • Std. Longitude: -96.7511139
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 152N
  • Range: 48W
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: 75 feet east of windbreak; 2565 feet west and 576 feet south of the northeast corner
  • Location Description: Keystone TWP. R.46W recorded on description changed to R.48W.
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN119—Polk
  • MLRA: 56—Red River Valley of the North
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN119—Polk County, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: BWH, PWK, CTS
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, frigid Typic Epiaquerts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 20
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Fargo
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fargo
  • Classificaton Date - 9/20/1993
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/20/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: FS #26
  • Microrelief Kind: microdepression
  • Microrelief Elevation: 1
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop 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

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—47

    47—73

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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

    —

    —

    261

    —

    350

    559

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    —

    4

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    Ap—0 to 26 centimeters (0.0 to 10.2 inches); black (N 2/0) exterior, dark gray (N 4/0) exterior, dry; silty clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate medium structure; firm; 15.0 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, phenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P00128; moist when described;
    A2—26 to 47 centimeters (10.2 to 18.5 inches); 60 percent very dark gray (5Y 3/1) exterior and 40 percent olive gray (5Y 4/2) exterior, 60 percent very dark gray (5Y 3/1) exterior and 40 percent light olive gray (5Y 6/2) exterior, dry; silty clay; weak medium prismatic parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 very fine roots throughout; 15.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, phenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P00129; moist when described;
    Bg—47 to 73 centimeters (18.5 to 28.7 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2), light olive gray (5Y 6/2), dry; silty clay, silty clay loam; 2 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.0 fine roots throughout; 10.0 very fine tubular pores; prominent very dark gray (5Y 3/1) black stains on vertical faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, phenol red; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P00130; moist when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 175957; continuous - phpvsfiid 175957
    2Bk1—73 to 99 centimeters (28.7 to 39.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay loam; 2 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) fine distinct and 5 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium columnar, and weak coarse platy, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 5.0 fine roots throughout; 5.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent fine irregular iron-manganese concretions; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, phenol red; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P00131; moist when described;
    2Bk2—99 to 139 centimeters (39.0 to 54.7 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) medium prominent mottles; weak fine and medium platy, and weak fine angular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent fine irregular iron-manganese concretions; 3 percent fine irregular gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, phenol red; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P00132; moist when described;
    2C1—139 to 172 centimeters (54.7 to 67.7 inches); 95 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and 5 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silty clay loam, stratified loamy very fine sand; 15 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) medium and coarse prominent mottles; weak medium platy structure; friable; 2.0 very fine tubular pores; 12 percent fine irregular iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, phenol red; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P00133; moist when described;. texture is stratified or varved with thin layers of loamy very fine sand between layers of silty clay loam.
    2C2—172 to 205 centimeters (67.7 to 80.7 inches); 85 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and 15 percent light gray (2.5Y 7/2) silty clay loam, stratified loamy very fine sand; 15 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium prominent and 35 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) coarse prominent mottles; weak medium platy structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent fine irregular iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, phenol red; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P00134; moist when described;. texture is stratified or varved with thin layers of loamy very fine sand between layers of silty clay loam.
    2C3—205 to 239 centimeters (80.7 to 94.1 inches); 80 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and 20 percent light gray (2.5Y 7/2) silty clay loam, stratified loamy very fine sand; 20 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium prominent and 40 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) coarse prominent mottles; moderate coarse platy structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2 percent fine irregular iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, phenol red. Lab sample # 94P00135; moist when described;. texture is stratified or varved with thin layers of loamy very fine sand between layers of silty clay loam.