IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Mcintosh
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1999MN005008
  • User Pedon ID: S1999MN005008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 99P0520
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11379
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024
  • 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: 46.9893608
  • Std. Longitude: -95.9771957
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 141N
  • Range: 42W
  • Section: 27
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN005—Becker
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN005—Becker County, Minnesota
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Michael L. Lieser, Rodney B. Heschke, Mike Ulmer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Aquic Calciudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Mcintosh
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/22/2017
  • Classifier - T. Neuenfeldt
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - McIntosh
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-silty, carbonatic, frigid Typic Calciaquolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/28/1999
  • 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

  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: till plain
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/28/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • 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

    mollic epipedon

    calcic horizon

    0—31

    31—86

    —31—

    —55—

    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

    3

    377

    225

    Ap1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) silt loam; strong medium cloddy, and weak fine granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 very fine roots and 5.0 medium roots and 5.0 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P03721; moist when described;. observation method: pit.
    Ap2—5 to 17 centimeters (2.0 to 6.7 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) silt loam; moderate medium cloddy, and weak fine and medium granular structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 1.0 medium roots; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P03722; moist when described;. observation method: pit.
    Ak—17 to 31 centimeters (6.7 to 12.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silt loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 99P03723; moist when described;. pit; roots: <1 M.
    Bk1—31 to 46 centimeters (12.2 to 18.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P03724; moist when described;. pit; roots: <1 M.
    Bk2—46 to 59 centimeters (18.1 to 23.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 2.0 very fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P03725; moist when described;. observation method: pit.
    Bk3—59 to 86 centimeters (23.2 to 33.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, moderately plastic; 1.0 very fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P03726; moist when described;. pit; concentrations: C3, <1%, F, 2.5Y 5/1, C, POLL.
    2Bw1—86 to 117 centimeters (33.9 to 46.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) sandy loam, loamy sand; weak coarse platy, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very firm, nonsticky, very plastic; 1.0 very fine roots; 10 percent fine gray (2.5Y 5/1) iron depletions throughout and 10 percent fine and medium yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout; 1 percent by volume unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P03727; moist when described;. observation method: pit.
    3Bw2—117 to 135 centimeters (46.1 to 53.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 1 percent fine noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions throughout and 15 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout and 25 percent fine and medium grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) iron depletions; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P03728; moist when described;. pit; structure: lamina 1 mm thick; iron masses are in lamina and as pore linings.
    3Bw3—135 to 150 centimeters (53.1 to 59.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic structure; firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 0.5 very fine roots; 1 percent fine noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions throughout and 15 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout and 25 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) iron depletions; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P03728; moist when described;. auger; structure: lamina 1 mm thick; iron masses are in lamina and as pore linings.
    3C1—150 to 195 centimeters (59.1 to 76.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silty clay loam; massive; firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 5 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) iron depletions and 20 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout and 20 percent medium strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 99P03729; moist when described;. auger; iron masses are pore linings.
    3C2—195 to 250 centimeters (76.8 to 98.4 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; massive; firm, moderately sticky, very plastic; 5 percent fine gray (2.5Y 5/1) iron depletions throughout and 15 percent medium strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron throughout and 20 percent medium reddish brown (2.5YR 5/3) masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # 99P03730; moist when described;. auger; iron masses are moist.