IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Northcote
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2005MN069051
  • User Pedon ID: S2005MN069051
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Pedon # - 06N0414
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 18457
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 48.9656389
  • Std. Longitude: -96.9722500
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 163N
  • Range: 49W
  • Section: 2
  • Location Description: Clow TWP
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN069—Kittson
  • MLRA: 56—Red River Valley of the North
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN069—Kittson County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 48096-H8—Orleans, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: David Potts-Casey Shroeder
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Very-fine, smectitic, frigid Typic Epiaquerts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 51
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Northcote
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/29/2010
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Northcote
  • Taxonomic Class - Very-fine, smectitic, frigid Typic Epiaquerts
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/3/2005
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey lacustrine deposits
  • Landscape: glacial lake plain
  • Landform: flat
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: occasional ponding for brief periods
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/3/2005 (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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    0—19

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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

    1

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    250

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    Ap—0 to 19 centimeters (0.0 to 7.5 inches); black (N 2/0), very dark gray (7.5YR 3/1), dry; clay; strong medium subangular blocky, and strong fine subangular blocky structure; friable, very sticky, very plastic; very slow permeability; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; very slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n.; moist when described; observed in trench
    Bg1—19 to 51 centimeters (7.5 to 20.1 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) clay; weak coarse, and medium subangular blocky structure; friable, very sticky, very plastic; very slow permeability; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine tubular and 1.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine irregular white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate masses on faces of peds and 1 percent fine spherical white (10YR 8/1), moist, gypsum masses on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n.; moist when described; observed in trench
    Bg2—51 to 76 centimeters (20.1 to 29.9 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) clay; very coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak coarse structure; friable, very sticky, very plastic; very slow permeability; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n.; moist when described; observed in trench
    Bssg1—76 to 103 centimeters (29.9 to 40.6 inches); dark olive gray (5Y 3/2) clay; very coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak coarse structure; friable, very sticky, very plastic; very slow permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine tubular pores; slickensides (pedogenic) and 10 percent prominent pressure faces; 1 percent fine distinct olive (5Y 4/3), moist, iron depletions on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n.; moist when described; observed in trench. continuous - phpvsfiid 355414; continuous - phpvsfiid 355414
    Bssg2—103 to 138 centimeters (40.6 to 54.3 inches); 90 percent dark olive gray (5Y 3/2) and 10 percent very dark gray (5Y 3/1) clay; very coarse prismatic, and weak coarse parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm, very sticky, very plastic; very slow permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine distinct olive (5Y 4/3), moist, iron depletions on vertical faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in trench
    2BCssg—103 to 174 centimeters (40.6 to 68.5 inches); 75 percent dark olive gray (5Y 3/2) and 25 percent olive gray (5Y 4/2) clay; very coarse prismatic, and weak coarse structure; firm, very sticky, very plastic; very slow permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 2 percent fine distinct olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), moist, on faces of peds and 10 percent medium prominent very dark gray (7.5YR 3/1), moist, manganese coatings on horizontal faces of peds; 2 percent fine prominent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, carbonate masses and 2 percent medium prominent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, carbonate masses and 2 percent medium prominent irregular carbonate masses on horizontal faces of peds; 1 percent by volume rounded 2-12-20 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in trench
    2Cg—174 to 203 centimeters (68.5 to 79.9 inches); 90 percent olive gray (5Y 4/2) and 10 percent dark olive gray (5Y 3/2) clay; massive; firm, very sticky, very plastic; very slow permeability; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 2 percent faint olive (5Y 4/3), moist, iron depletions on faces of peds and 15 percent medium prominent very dark gray (7.5YR 3/1), moist, manganese coatings on horizontal faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, carbonate masses and 1 percent medium prominent pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, carbonate masses and 2 percent medium prominent irregular carbonate masses on horizontal faces of peds; 1 percent by volume rounded 2-12-20 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n.; moist when described; observed in trench