IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nereson
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2003MN069004
  • User Pedon ID: S2003MN069004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 04N0629
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17140
  • 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: 48.9327393
  • Std. Longitude: -96.4931641
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 163N
  • Range: 45W
  • Section: 16
  • Location Description: Caribou TWP
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN069—Kittson
  • MLRA: 56—Red River Valley of the North

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Cornelius J. Heidt & Dave J. Potts
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Aquic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Windows Pedon
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Nereson
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Aquic Argiudolls
  • PSC - 16 to 26 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/23/2003
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: glaciolacustrine deposits over till
  • Landscape: lake plain
  • Landform: rise
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.05 percent 250- to 600-millimeter 0.05 percent 600 3.00 percent 76- to 250-millimeter
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/23/2003 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
  • Current Air Temp - 10
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—26

    16—26

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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

    2

    —

    —

    310

    —

    300

    21

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    5

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    A—0 to 16 centimeters (0.0 to 6.3 inches); black (10YR 2/1) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; moderately slow permeability; 2.0 very fine to medium roots throughout and 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; 5 percent by volume rounded 2-?-76 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N03471; moist when described; observed in trench
    Bt—16 to 26 centimeters (6.3 to 10.2 inches); dusky red (2.5YR 3/2) loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 medium roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 25 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), moist, clay films between sand grains; 3 percent by volume rounded 2-?-76 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume rounded 76-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments; noneffervescent, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N03472; observed in trench. patchy - phpvsfiid 288716; patchy - phpvsfiid 288716
    Bk1—26 to 39 centimeters (10.2 to 15.4 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; slow permeability; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 2 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume rounded 76-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume rounded 2-?-76 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N03473; moist when described; observed in trench. -Residual plates (1-3mm) troughout the horizon
    Bk2—39 to 62 centimeters (15.4 to 24.4 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 25 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, coats on horizontal faces of peds and 90 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, coats on vertical faces of peds; 2 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds and 2 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume rounded 76-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume rounded 2-?-76 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N03474; moist when described; observed in trench. -Residual plates throughout horizon (2-5mm)
    BC—62 to 107 centimeters (24.4 to 42.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 1.0 fine roots; 90 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, coats on horizontal faces of peds; 2 percent by volume rounded 76-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume rounded 2-?-76 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N03475; moist when described; observed in trench. -Residual plates (2-20mm) throughout horizon
    2Cg1—107 to 125 centimeters (42.1 to 49.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) sandy loam; massive; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 90 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, coats on horizontal faces of peds; 2 percent by volume rounded 76-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 3 percent by volume rounded 2-?-76 millimeter mixed fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N03476; observed in trench. -Residual plates throughout the horizon (2-20mm)
    2Cg2—125 to 180 centimeters (49.2 to 70.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) loamy sand; massive; friable, nonsticky, nonplastic; 90 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, coats on vertical faces of peds; 2 percent by volume rounded 76-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 3 percent by volume rounded 2-?-76 millimeter mixed fragments. Lab sample # 04N03477; observed in trench