IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Littleswan
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2018MN061003
  • User Pedon ID: S2018MN061003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 18N2125
  • User Project ID: BAUD_10-BEM19
  • Project Name: MLRA 88 - Glacial Lake Plain Baudette Catena
  • Print Date: 12/10/2025

    • 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: 47.6749700
  • Std. Longitude: -94.3545000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN061—Itasca
  • MLRA: 88—Northern Minnesota Glacial Lake Basins
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-BEM—Bemidji, Minnesota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN061—Itasca County, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: P. Burns & J. Brennan
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, frigid Aquollic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Littleswan
  • PSC - 30 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/9/2019
  • Classifier - Joe Brennan
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Littleswan
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, frigid Oxyaquic Hapludalfs
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • PSC - 30 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/8/2018
  • Classifier - P. Burns
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - oxyaquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: glaciolacustrine deposits
  • Landscape: lake plain
  • Landform: flat
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: rise
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • Plot #: 88

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/8/2018 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: P. Burns
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • 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

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    argillic horizon

    0—30

    18—30

    30—60

    —30—

    —12—

    —30—
    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

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    60

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    A—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; 15 percent sand; 15 percent clay; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 18N06402; observed in trench
    E—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; silt loam; 15 percent sand; 15 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine platy structure; friable; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 18N06403; observed in trench
    Bt1—30 to 60 centimeters (11.8 to 23.6 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; 10 percent sand; 32 percent clay; strong coarse angular blocky parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; very firm; 5 percent distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds and 30 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay bridges on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 18N06404; observed in trench
    Bt2—60 to 100 centimeters (23.6 to 39.4 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; 10 percent sand; 29 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 5 percent distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds and 10 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay bridges on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine faint irregular noncoherent cemented grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries throughout and 5 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 18N06405; observed in trench
    2BC—100 to 134 centimeters (39.4 to 52.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) loamy fine sand; 8 percent sand; 83 percent clay; weak fine platy structure; very friable; 1 percent fine faint irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries along lamina or strata surfaces; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 18N06406; observed in trench
    2C1—134 to 168 centimeters (52.8 to 66.1 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) fine sand; 5 percent sand; 90 percent clay; structureless massive; loose; 2 percent fine faint irregular noncoherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries along lamina or strata surfaces; 1 percent very coarse distinct irregular noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate masses with diffuse boundaries throughout; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 18N06407; observed in trench
    2C2—168 to 200 centimeters (66.1 to 78.7 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) silt loam; 20 percent sand; 10 percent clay; structureless massive; very friable; 5 percent fine distinct irregular noncoherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron with diffuse boundaries throughout and 5 percent medium faint irregular noncoherent cemented grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, iron depletions with diffuse boundaries throughout; 3 percent very coarse distinct irregular noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate masses with diffuse boundaries throughout; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 18N06408; observed in trench