IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ulen
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1967MN107005
  • User Pedon ID: 67MN107005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1750
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 35908
  • Print Date: 5/30/2024

    • 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: 47.2722206
  • Std. Longitude: -96.3027802
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 144N
  • Range: 44W
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: SE1/4 SE1/4 SE1/4
  • Location Description: Norman County, 20 feet S and 430 feet W of the jct of windbreak and N-S road.
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN107—Norman

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: H.R. Finney
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, frigid Aeric Calciaquolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ulen
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, frigid Aeric Calciaquolls
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1967
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1967 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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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    180

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    5

    20

    -13

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    1Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; very friable; 5.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13878. 67L610; many roots
    1A3ca—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior fine sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 5.5 roots; fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A13879. 67L611; many roots
    1C1ca—38 to 51 centimeters (15.0 to 20.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior loamy fine sand; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint mottles; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13880. 67L612; few roots; few fine faint 10YR52 mottles
    1C2ca—51 to 66 centimeters (20.1 to 26.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior fine sand, loamy fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky, and structureless single grain; very friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13881. 67L613; about 5% root channel fillings of dark grayish brown (2.5YR 4/2); few roots
    1C2ca—53 to 71 centimeters (20.9 to 28.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A13885. 67L617; alternate sample; this horizon is analogous to the C2ca horizon at 20 to 26 inches, but it was sampled from another face of the pit above the C3ca horizon described below
    1C3—66 to 81 centimeters (26.0 to 31.9 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky, and structureless single grain; very friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13882. 67L614; discontinuous horizon occupying about 60% of the faces of the pit; few roots
    1C3ca—71 to 86 centimeters (28.0 to 33.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior loamy fine sand; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A13886. 67L618; alternate sample; horizon is discontinuous occupying about 40% of the faces of the pit; few roots; few fine faint 10YR56 mottles
    1C4—81 to 99 centimeters (31.9 to 39.0 inches); olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) interior and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior fine sand; 11 percent pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4) fine faint mottles; structureless massive; very friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13883. 67L615; few roots; common fine faint 2.5Y74 mottles
    1C5—99 to 140 centimeters (39.0 to 55.1 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior fine sand; 1 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) medium prominent mottles; structureless massive; firm; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A13884. 67L616; loose when disturbed; faint to distinct layering about 0.2 to 1 cm in thickness and separated by about 5 mm thick zones of olive brown (2.5Y 4/4); about 0.1% of somewhat elongated cylindrical black soft bodies 0.5 to 1 cm across; few medium prominent 5YR34 mottles