IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Milaca
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1996MN095039
  • User Pedon ID: S1996MN095039
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 97P0277
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 68752
  • User Project ID: MLCU_10-DUL19
  • Project Name: MLRA 90A - Mille Lacs Uplands Coarse-Loamy Basal Till Investigation
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 46.1361122
  • Std. Longitude: -93.4902802
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 42 N.
  • Range: 25 W.
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: 1,450 feet south and 900 feet east of the NW corner
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN095—Mille Lacs
  • MLRA: 90A—Wisconsin and Minnesota Thin Loess and Till
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN095—Mille Lacs County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46093-B4—Isle, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: ALV, KAC
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Oxyaquic Glossudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Milaca
  • PSC - 30 to 80 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/31/2018
  • Classifier - B. Schug
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Millelacs
  • PSC - 30 to 81 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/24/1996
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess over coarse-loamy till
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: knoll
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/24/1996 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 4C-bottom
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Ap

    E

    B/E

    Bt1

    Bt2

    BC

    C2

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    18

    30

    48

    66

    102

    135

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    48

    66

    102

    119

    203

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    52.8

    51.2

    35.9

    36.3

    35.6

    35.4

    35.4

    23.1

    21.7

    18.3

    20.3

    19.3

    19.2

    19.8

    29.7

    29.5

    17.6

    16

    16.3

    16.2

    15.6

    39

    40.8

    49.3

    48.1

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    2.5

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    3.2

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    3.1

    4.7

    5.9

    5.6

    5

    9.3

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    13.8

    12.5

    13.3

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    12.4

    12.6

    13.5

    17.9

    17.2

    18.2

    17.7

    22.2

    10.5

    10.4

    11.3

    10.5

    11.1

    12.1

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    Ap

    E

    B/E

    Bt1

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    BC

    C2

    0

    18

    30

    48

    66

    102

    135

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    66

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    Ap

    E

    B/E

    Bt1

    Bt2

    BC

    C2

    0

    18

    30

    48

    66

    102

    135

    18

    30

    48

    66

    102

    119

    203

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    glossic horizon

    argillic horizon

    redox concentrations

    0—30

    18—30

    30—48

    30—102

    48—102

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    Pedon Horizon Bulk Density
    Horizon Depth to Top Depth to Bottom Method Data Collector Field Moist Volume Field Moist Sample Wt. Air Dry Sample Wt. Field Moist Co. Fragment Wt. Air Dry Fragment Wt. Fragment Density Coarse Fragment Volume Air Dry Subsample Wt. Oven Dry Subsample Wt. Grav Soil Moist % Whole Soil Grav Soil Moist % Fine Earth Bulk Density FM Fine Soil Bulk Density FM Whole Soill Bulk Density OD fINE Earth Bulk Density OD Fine Earth Bulk Density Satiated
    cm cm3 g g/cm3 cm3 g % g/cm3

    C2

    135

    203

    not applicable

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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

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method and 6 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary.; dry when described;
    E—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; silt loam; weak medium platy structure; friable; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method and 6 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.; dry when described;
    B/E—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); 75 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) and 25 percent brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; loam, silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2 percent by volume nonflat indurated 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method and 7 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary.; dry when described;
    Bt1—48 to 66 centimeters (18.9 to 26.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; distinct brown (10YR 5/3) skeletans on faces of peds; fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 8 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary.; dry when described;. Horizon was described as having few redoximorphic concentrations; no percentage given.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 104250; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 104250
    Bt2—66 to 102 centimeters (26.0 to 40.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) loam; moderate medium platy structure; friable; distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) clay films on bottoms of plates; fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 8 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary.; dry when described;. Horizon was described as having few redoximorphic concentrations; no percentage given.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 104251; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 104251
    BC—102 to 119 centimeters (40.2 to 46.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) loam; moderate medium platy structure; firm; 9 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary.; dry when described;
    C1—119 to 135 centimeters (46.9 to 53.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) loamy sand; single grain; loose; 1 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; neutral, pH 7.1, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described;. 2C horizon not sampled.
    C2—135 to 203 centimeters (53.1 to 79.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; moderate medium platy, and moderate coarse platy structure; firm; 8 percent by volume nonflat indurated 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog.; moist when described;