IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fargo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993MN119022
  • User Pedon ID: S1993MN119022
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1993MN119022
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 94P0022
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66212
  • Print Date: 1/27/2025

    • 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: 48.1375008
  • Std. Longitude: -96.7472229
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 154N
  • Range: 47W
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: about 308 feet north and 2460 feet west of the southeast corner
  • Location Description: Brislet TWP
  • 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: RJB, BWH, PWK, CTS
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, frigid Aeric 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 #: 22
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Fargo
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fargo
  • Classificaton Date - 9/21/1993
  • 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: concave
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/21/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: FS #23
  • 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
    • 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

    0—46

    46—95

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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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    262

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    533

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    4

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    Ap—0 to 29 centimeters (0.0 to 11.4 inches); 75 percent black (N 2/0) exterior and 25 percent black (10YR 2/1) exterior, very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; silty clay; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; friable; 5.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 4.0 fine and medium moderate-continuity tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, phenol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P00145; moist when described;
    A2—29 to 46 centimeters (11.4 to 18.1 inches); 70 percent very dark gray (5Y 3/1) exterior and 30 percent very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) exterior, 60 percent dark gray (5Y 4/1) and 40 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; silty clay; 15 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) fine and medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.0 fine roots throughout; 4.0 fine moderate-continuity tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, phenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P00146; moist when described;
    BG1—46 to 74 centimeters (18.1 to 29.1 inches); 80 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) exterior and 20 percent black (10YR 2/1) exterior, 80 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and 20 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay; 8 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; friable; 2.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine tubular and 2.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, phenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P00147; moist when described;
    BG2—74 to 95 centimeters (29.1 to 37.4 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) exterior, light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), dry; silty clay; 2 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; friable; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine irregular gypsum crystals, unspecified; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, phenol red; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P00148; moist when described;
    2Bk1—95 to 115 centimeters (37.4 to 45.3 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) exterior silty clay loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; weak medium platy structure; friable; 2.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, phenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P00149; moist when described;
    2Bk2—115 to 141 centimeters (45.3 to 55.5 inches); 90 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) exterior and 10 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) exterior silty clay loam, stratified loamy very fine sand; 5 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) prominent and 10 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; weak coarse platy parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine irregular iron-manganese concretions; 1 percent fine platy carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, phenol red; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P00150; moist when described;. stratified texture is thin strata 1 to 3 mm thick between layers of silty clay loam; annual layering in lake deposits.
    2C1—141 to 178 centimeters (55.5 to 70.1 inches); 80 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) exterior and 20 percent light gray (10YR 7/2) exterior silty clay loam, stratified loamy very fine sand; 14 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) fine prominent and 20 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate coarse platy parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine irregular iron-manganese concretions; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, phenol red; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 94P00151; moist when described;. stratified texture is thin strata 1 to 3 mm thick between layers of silty clay loam; annual layering in lake deposits.
    2C2—178 to 213 centimeters (70.1 to 83.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) exterior and light gray (10YR 7/1) exterior silty clay loam, stratified loamy very fine sand; 18 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) medium prominent and 20 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium prominent mottles; moderate coarse platy structure; friable; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent medium irregular iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, phenol red. Lab sample # 94P00152; moist when described;. stratified texture is thin strata 1 to 3 mm thick between layers of silty clay loam; annual layering in lake deposits.