IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kasson
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970MN039002
  • User Pedon ID: 70MN039002
  • User Site Association ID: Kasson_Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1719
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 35877
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 43.9455566
  • Std. Longitude: -92.8305588
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 106N
  • Range: 17W
  • Section: 35
  • PLSS Details: 450 feet south and 950 feet east of northwest corner SW1/4NW1/4
  • Location Description: Dodge County, About 4 mi N of Hayfield.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN039—Dodge
  • MLRA: 104—Eastern Iowa and Minnesota Till Prairies
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-WAV—Waverly, Iowa
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN039—Dodge County, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J.F. Cummins
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Aquollic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kasson
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Aquollic Hapludalfs
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1970
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess and/or till
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1970 (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

    3

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    403

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    74

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    7

    21

    -9

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    1Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior and gray (10YR 5/1) interior, dry; silt loam; weak fine granular, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13608. 70L1068
    1B1—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior and brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dry; silt loam; weak fine platy, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13609. 70L1069
    1B21—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior silt loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13610. 70L1070; few fine faint 10YR56 mottles
    2B22t—43 to 58 centimeters (16.9 to 22.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint and 1 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine faint and 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine faint mottles; moderate fine and medium prismatic, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent faint , moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A13611. 70L1071; many thick coatings of clean sand particles on ped faces; about 4% coarse fragments with more larger fragments, coarse gravel and cobbles, in upper part; few clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; few fine faint 10YR56 mottles; few fine faint 2.5Y52 mottles; few fine faint 7.5YR58 mottles; patchy - phpvsfiid 213328; patchy - phpvsfiid 213328
    2B23t—58 to 86 centimeters (22.8 to 33.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior loam; 1 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate and strong medium and coarse prismatic, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent faint , moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A13612. 70L1072; many thick coatings of clean sand particles on ped faces; about 5% coarse fragments; few clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; few fine distinct 10YR62 mottles; patchy - phpvsfiid 213329; patchy - phpvsfiid 213329
    2B24t—86 to 127 centimeters (33.9 to 50.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine distinct and 30 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct mottles; strong coarse prismatic, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint , moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores; 1 percent iron-manganese masses; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A13613. 70L1073; many thick coatings of clean sand particles on ped faces; about 5% coarse fragments; few soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; few fine distinct 7.5YR58 mottles; many fine distinct 10YR62 mottles; patchy - phpvsfiid 213330; patchy - phpvsfiid 213330
    2C1—127 to 168 centimeters (50.0 to 66.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior loam; 30 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine and medium distinct mottles; structureless massive; firm; 15 percent prominent , moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A13614. 70L1074; few soft lime coatings on parting faces; few thick coatings of clean sand particles on partings; about 5% coarse fragments; calcareous; few clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; many fine and medium distinct 10YR52 mottles
    2C2—168 to 226 centimeters (66.1 to 89.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior loam; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) coarse prominent mottles; structureless massive; firm; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A13615. 70L1075; 5% coarse fragments; soft lime coatings and clean sand particles on partings; calcareous; common coarse prominent 7.5YR58 mottles
    2C3—226 to 269 centimeters (89.0 to 105.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior loam; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) coarse prominent mottles; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A13616. 70L1076; auger sample but sand coated partings evident; about 5% coarse fragments; calcareous; common coarse prominent 7.5YR58 mottles
    2C4—269 to 315 centimeters (105.9 to 124.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior loam, sandy clay loam; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A13617. 70L1077; auger sample but few sand coated partings evident; about 5% coarse fragments; calcareous
    2C5—315 to 366 centimeters (124.0 to 144.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior loam, sandy clay loam; fragments. Lab sample # 40A13618. 70L1078; about 5% coarse fragments; auger sample