IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cordova
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1969MN013011
  • User Pedon ID: 69MN013011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1709
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 35867
  • Print Date: 6/1/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Township: 108N
  • Range: 26W
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4, of NE 1/4, about 800 feet N and 100 feet W of SE corner of NE 1/4
  • Location Description: Blue Earth Co.
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN013—Blue Earth

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R.J. Edwards and H.R. Finney
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Argiaquolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 11
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cordova
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Argiaquolls
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1969
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1969 (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

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    307

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    71

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    8

    22

    -9

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    1A1—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); black (N 2/0) interior silty clay loam, clay loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13516. 69B833; common roots
    1A3—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); black (N 2/0) interior clay loam; moderate and strong very fine subangular blocky, and moderate and strong very fine angular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 2.5 roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13517. 69B834; common roots
    1B21t—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); 2.5Y 2/0 (2.5Y 2/0) interior and very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) interior clay loam; weak and moderate fine and medium prismatic, and moderate and strong very fine and fine subangular blocky, and moderate and strong very fine and fine angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 55 percent faint black (10YR 2/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13518. 69B835; few thin porous grayish coatings on faces of peds; many clay films surface features on faces of peds
    1B22tg—51 to 69 centimeters (20.1 to 27.2 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) interior and very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) interior clay loam; 1 percent olive gray (5Y 4/2) fine faint mottles; weak and moderate fine and medium prismatic, and moderate and strong subangular blocky, and moderate and strong angular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 55 percent faint very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 55 percent faint black (10YR 2/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13519. 69B836; many clay films surface features on faces of peds; many clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine faint 5Y42 mottles
    1B3tg—69 to 81 centimeters (27.2 to 31.9 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) interior clay loam; 11 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine distinct mottles; weak fine and medium prismatic, and weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 15 percent faint very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent prominent , moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores; 1 percent lime masses; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13520. 69B837; few fine shale fragments; few soft masses of lime concentrations; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; common fine distinct 2.5Y54 mottles
    1C1g—81 to 102 centimeters (31.9 to 40.2 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) interior loam; 11 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine distinct and 11 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic, and weak fine subangular blocky, and weak fine angular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 15 percent black (10YR 2/1), moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores; 11 percent lime masses; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13521. 69B838; common soft masses of lime concentrations; few clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; common fine distinct 2.5Y54 mottles; common fine distinct 2.5Y56 mottles
    1C2—102 to 147 centimeters (40.2 to 57.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) interior and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior loam; 11 percent dark gray (5Y 4/1) fine and medium distinct mottles; weak fine angular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 11 percent lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A13522. 69B839; common fine seams of gray (5Y 6/1) segregated lime; few reddish iron oxide stains; common soft masses of lime concentrations; common fine and medium distinct 5Y41 mottles