IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Marquis
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1999MN109003
  • User Pedon ID: S1999MN109003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 00P0157
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 11665
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • LOCATION

  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN109—Olmsted
  • MLRA: 104—Eastern Iowa and Minnesota Till Prairies
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN109—Olmsted County, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Marquis
  • Classificaton Date - 9/28/1999
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/28/1999 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 48
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    4

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); 80 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, 90 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dry; loam; 10 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) mottles; moderate granular structure; very friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine to medium pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 00P01158; moist when described;
    Bt1—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); 80 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, 20 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, dry; loam; moderate subangular blocky parts to moderate subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine pores; 60 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) clay films; 10 percent dendritic very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) between peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described;
    Bt2—38 to 64 centimeters (15.0 to 25.2 inches); 80 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior loam; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine and medium mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots between peds; 2.0 fine pores; 40 percent prominent olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 10 percent dendritic dark brown (10YR 3/3) between peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 212800; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 212800
    Bt3—64 to 107 centimeters (25.2 to 42.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior loam; 15 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; strong medium prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots between peds; 1.0 fine pores; 30 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 10 percent dendritic dark brown (10YR 3/3) between peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 00P01159; moist when described;
    Bw4—107 to 152 centimeters (42.1 to 59.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior sandy loam; 20 percent very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) medium mottles; firm; 2.0 very fine roots between peds; 20 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 10 percent dendritic light gray (10YR 7/2) between peds; fragments.; moist when described;
    Bk5—152 to 196 centimeters (59.8 to 77.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior loam; 10 percent gray (5Y 6/1) medium prominent mottles; firm; 2.0 fine roots between peds; 10 percent light gray (10YR 7/2); 10 percent spherical dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) in cracks and 10 percent spherical brown (7.5YR 4/3) in cracks; fragments. Lab sample # 00P01160; moist when described;
    Bk6—196 to 254 centimeters (77.2 to 100.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior loam; 15 percent gray (5Y 6/1) fine prominent mottles; very friable; 30 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) manganese or iron-manganese stains and 30 percent brown (7.5YR 4/3) manganese or iron-manganese stains; 10 percent dendritic light gray (10YR 7/2) in cracks; fragments. Lab sample # 00P01161; moist when described;