IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Indus
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1995MN137052
  • User Pedon ID: S1995MN137052
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 97P0214
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 68689
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 48.1741676
  • Std. Longitude: -92.5844421
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 66N
  • Range: 18W
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: 2000 feet SOUTH AND 350 feet WEST OF NE CORNER
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN137—St. Louis
  • MLRA: 93—Superior Stony and Rocky Loamy Plains and Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN137—St. Louis County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 48092-B5—Kabustasa Lake, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: CWT, RK
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active, frigid Typic Endoaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 52
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Indus
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Indus
  • Taxonomic Class - Very-fine, montmorillonitic, frigid Typic Endoaqua
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/19/1995
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: swale
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/19/1995 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 178SW
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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
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    O—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); partially decomposed organic matter; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described;
    A—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay; strong medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P01494; moist when described;
    E—10 to 33 centimeters (3.9 to 13.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct spherical mottles; strong medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P01495; moist when described;
    BT1—33 to 61 centimeters (13.0 to 24.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) clay; 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine prominent irregular mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 2 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P01496; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 200968; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 200968
    BT2—61 to 109 centimeters (24.0 to 42.9 inches); olive (5Y 5/3) clay; 4 percent gray (5Y 5/1) fine distinct dendritic and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent irregular mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to strong fine angular blocky structure; very firm; 5 percent olive gray (5Y 5/2) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P01497; moist when described;. 5Y 5/1 mottles are along root channels.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 200969; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 200969
    BT3—109 to 203 centimeters (42.9 to 79.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay; 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent irregular and 25 percent dark greenish gray (5GY 4/1) medium prominent platy mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; 10 percent gray (5Y 5/1) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 97P01498; moist when described;. 5Y 5/1 mottles are along root channels.; continuous - phpvsfiid 200970; continuous - phpvsfiid 200970