IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Grasston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2013MN137VOYA028
  • User Pedon ID: S2013MN137VOYA028
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 14N0283
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 74459
  • Print Date: 4/25/2025

    • 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: 48.4169035
  • Std. Longitude: -92.8491063
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN137—St. Louis
  • MLRA: 93A—Superior and Rainy Stony and Rocky Till Plains and Moraines

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: MF, ME
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, brief description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Grasston
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/13/2013
  • Classifier - Whited
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Complexity: complex
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/17/2013 (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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    A—0 to 9 centimeters (0.0 to 3.5 inches); black (10YR 2/1) loam; moderate medium granular structure; fragments.; observed in pit, small
    E—9 to 33 centimeters (3.5 to 13.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silt loam; strong coarse subangular blocky structure; brown (10YR 4/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments.; observed in pit, small
    Bt1—33 to 71 centimeters (13.0 to 28.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) clay; strong coarse subangular blocky structure; fragments.; observed in pit, small
    Bt2—71 to 119 centimeters (28.0 to 46.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) silty clay loam, silt loam; strong medium platy structure; fragments.; observed in pit, small
    Btk—119 to 152 centimeters (46.9 to 59.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) clay loam, very fine sand; strong medium platy structure; fragments.; observed in pit, small
    2C—152 to 200 centimeters (59.8 to 78.7 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/3) loamy sand, loamy coarse sand; single grain; fragments.; observed in pit, small