IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Grasston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1995MN065031
  • User Pedon ID: S1995MN065031
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 97P0279
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 68754
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 45.7802773
  • Std. Longitude: -93.2191696
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 38N
  • Range: 23W
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: SW1/4
  • Location Description: 1250 feet east and 2300 feet north.
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN065—Kanabec
  • MLRA: 90—Central Wisconsin and Minnesota Thin Loess and Till
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN065—Kanabec County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 45093-G2—Grasston, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: ALV, RLB, KAC
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 31
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Grasston
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic Oxyaquic Eutroboralfs
  • PSC - 36 to 86 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/18/1995
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plains
  • Landform: knoll
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/18/1995 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 41B
  • 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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    glossic horizon

    argillic horizon

    0—23

    23—36

    23—107

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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

    4

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    180

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; 21.0 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described;
    B/E—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); 40 percent brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described;
    B/E—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); 60 percent brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; weak thick platy structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; fragments.
    Bt1—36 to 74 centimeters (14.2 to 29.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine roots; 30 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P01840; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 183410; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 183410
    Bt2—74 to 107 centimeters (29.1 to 42.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine and medium distinct and 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine and medium distinct and 3 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine and medium distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium angular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; distinct very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, organic stains in root channels and/or pores and 30 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P01841; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 183411; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 183412; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 183411; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 183412
    Bk—107 to 168 centimeters (42.1 to 66.1 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silt loam; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct and 3 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) medium and coarse distinct mottles; weak thick platy structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; distinct very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, organic stains in root channels and/or pores; fine spherical light gray (10YR 7/2) carbonate masses throughout; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 97P01842; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 183413; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 183413
    C—168 to 203 centimeters (66.1 to 79.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) silty clay loam; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct and 3 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) medium and coarse distinct mottles; massive; friable; 0.1 fine roots; clay films in root channels and/or pores; fine spherical light gray (10YR 7/2) carbonate masses throughout; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog.; moist when described;