IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): COLVIN
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1999MN005002
  • User Pedon ID: S1999MN005002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 99P0514
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11373
  • Print Date: 4/23/2025

    • 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: 46.9899712
  • Std. Longitude: -95.9797516
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 141N
  • Range: 42W
  • Section: 27
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN005—Becker
  • MLRA: 102A—Rolling Till Prairie
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN005—Becker County, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Michael Lieser, Rodney Heschke, Mike Ulmer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, frigid Typic Calciaquolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - COLVIN
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, active, frigid Typic Calciaquolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/28/1999
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: depression
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • Plot #: 18

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/28/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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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    374.9

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    180

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    DeadVegetat—0 to 0 centimeters (0.0 to 0.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 99P03658
    LiveVegetat—0 to 0 centimeters (0.0 to 0.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 99P03657. organic matter.
    Ap1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 99P03659
    Ap1—0 to 7 centimeters (0.0 to 2.8 inches); black (N 2/0) muck; weak fine granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 7.0 very fine and fine roots and 2.0 medium roots; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P03649. trench; rock fragment: 20%
    Ap1—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 99P03660
    Ap2—7 to 21 centimeters (2.8 to 8.3 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) mucky silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 7.0 very fine and fine roots; 2 percent fine irregular very dark gray (10YR 3/1) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very slight effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P03650. trench; rock fragments: shale 30%; redoximorphic feature: moist and lining pores.
    Ap2—16 to 21 centimeters (6.3 to 8.3 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 99P03661
    Bk1—21 to 39 centimeters (8.3 to 15.4 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silt loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine roots; 2 percent fine irregular dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P03651. trench; redoximorphic feature: moist and lining pores.
    Bk2—39 to 49 centimeters (15.4 to 19.3 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable, nonsticky, slightly plastic; 2 percent fine irregular strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron and 20 percent fine irregular dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) masses of oxidized iron between peds; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P03652. trench; redoximorphic feature: lining pores and moist; roots: <1 vf.
    Bk3—49 to 94 centimeters (19.3 to 37.0 inches); 60 percent gray (5Y 5/1) silt loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak very thick platy structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 10 percent fine irregular strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron and 30 percent fine and medium irregular olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) iron depletions between peds; 1 percent fine threadlike gypsum crystal clusters throughout; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P03653. trench; redoximorphic feature: lining pores and moist; roots: <1 vf.
    2C—94 to 100 centimeters (37.0 to 39.4 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) very gravelly loamy coarse sand; single grain; loose, nonsticky, nonplastic; 5 percent fine irregular light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) masses of oxidized iron between peds; 40 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P03654. trench; redoximorphic feature: moist, roots: <1 vf.
    3C—100 to 189 centimeters (39.4 to 74.4 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) silty clay loam; massive; firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 20 percent fine and medium irregular gray (5Y 5/1) iron depletions throughout and 20 percent fine and medium irregular dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout; 1 percent fine threadlike gypsum crystal clusters throughout; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P03655. pit auger; redoximorphic feature: moist, roots: <1 vf.
    4C—189 to 226 centimeters (74.4 to 89.0 inches); 79 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay; massive; very firm, very sticky, very plastic; 10 percent fine and medium dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron and 15 percent fine and medium gray (10YR 5/1) iron depletions; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence. Lab sample # 99P03656. auger; redoximorphic features: moist, fractures.