IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): CLEARWATER
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1997MN125010
  • User Pedon ID: S1997MN125010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 98P0175
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 10447
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 47.8983879
  • Std. Longitude: -96.3769760
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 151N
  • Range: 45W
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: 2,350 feet south and 350 feet west of the northeast corner
  • Location Description: USGS Red Lake Falls, Minnesota topographic quadrangle.
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN125—Red Lake
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN125—Red Lake County, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, montmorillonitic, frigid Typic Epiaquerts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - CLEARWATER
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, frigid Typic Epiaquerts
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/1997
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plains
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/2/1997 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown crop
  • 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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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); black (N 2/0) clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P01106
    A—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); black (N 2/0) clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P01107
    Bss1—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches); black (5Y 2/1) clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots; 10 percent distinct nonintersecting slickensides throughout; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P01108. slickensides at 35 degree angles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 198926; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 198926
    Bss2—56 to 76 centimeters (22.0 to 29.9 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots; 1 percent distinct black (5Y 2/1), moist, organic stains in root channels and/or pores and 10 percent distinct nonintersecting slickensides throughout; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 98P01109. Threads of 5Y 2/1 in old root channels (3%). Common 5% 2-5 mm weathered limestone fragments. slickensides at 35 degree angles.; continuous - phpvsfiid 201941; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 201934; continuous - phpvsfiid 201941; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 201934
    Bssk1—76 to 127 centimeters (29.9 to 50.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) clay; 1 percent dark gray (5Y 4/1) fine faint and 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent distinct nonintersecting slickensides throughout and 10 percent distinct very dark gray (5Y 3/1) organic stains in root channels and/or pores; 1 percent fine threadlike noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1) lime masses; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 98P01110. Organic material in root channels 5Y 3/1 (2%). Few (2%) 2-5 mm weathered limestone fragments. slickensides at 35 degree angles.; continuous - phpvsfiid 201943; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 201942; continuous - phpvsfiid 201943; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 201942
    Bsskg—76 to 127 centimeters (29.9 to 50.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 98P01113. Sample from CaCO3 enriched area.
    Bssk2—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) clay; 1 percent dark gray (5Y 4/1) fine faint and 3 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent distinct nonintersecting slickensides throughout; 1 percent fine spherical weakly coherent cemented white (10YR 8/1) calcite crystals and 1 percent fine threadlike noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1) lime masses; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 98P01111. slickensides at 35 degree angles.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 201944; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 201944
    C—152 to 244 centimeters (59.8 to 96.1 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) clay; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium prominent and 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium prominent and 21 percent dark gray (5Y 4/1) coarse distinct mottles; massive; firm; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 98P01112