IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Buse
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2018MN111002E001
  • User Pedon ID: S2018MN111002E001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 18N1962
  • Print Date: 12/6/2025

    • 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: 46.3124490
  • Std. Longitude: -96.0888870
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN111—Otter Tail
  • MLRA: 102A—Rolling Till Prairie
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN111—Otter Tail County, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: ALL
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Typic Calciudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Buse
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Typic Calciudolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/25/2018
  • Classifier - ALL
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: glacial till
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Position: middle third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/25/2018 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: ALL
  • 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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    Ap—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 fine roots; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 18N05652; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Ap—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 fine roots; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 18N05653; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Ap—10 to 16 centimeters (3.9 to 6.3 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 5.0 fine roots; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 18N05654; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Ak—16 to 29 centimeters (6.3 to 11.4 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 3 percent carbonate masses; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 18N05655; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bk—29 to 48 centimeters (11.4 to 18.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 3.0 fine roots; 2 percent carbonate masses; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 18N05656; moist when described; observed in pit, small