IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fayette
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1944MN055001
  • User Pedon ID: S1944MN055001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1944MN055001
  • User Site Association ID: MLRA 105 - Deep Loess Soils - Glaciated Uplands - FY21 ProjLoamy-Silty Uplands (MN, IA, WI) DSP Project 2021-2024
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1680
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 35288
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • 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: 43.6786118
  • Std. Longitude: -91.4276505
  • Datum: WGS84
  • GPS - Positional Error: 10.00
  • Township: 103N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 34
  • PLSS Details: NE1/4SW1/4
  • Location Description: Sample taken 100 feet W of road in brushy ungrazed woodlot.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN055—Houston
  • MLRA: 105—Upper Mississippi River Bedrock Controlled Uplands and Valleys
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-ONA—Onalaska, Wisconsin
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN055—Houston County, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Alex Robertson, Dick Rust
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Fayette
  • PSC - 38 to 88 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/18/2018
  • Classifier - Shaunna Repking
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fayette
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 38 to 88 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1944
  • Classifier - Alex Robertson
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Peoria silty loess
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: yes
  • RaCA Information:
  • Plot/Site Set Up By - Unknown
  • Plot or Site Recorder - Unknown

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1944 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Alex Robertson
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    QUERC

    RUBUS

    Quercus

    Rubus

    oak

    blackberry

    tree

    shrub/vine

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    albic horizon

    —

    —

    —

    —-

    —-

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    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

    4

    —

    —

    —

    —

    899

    —

    155

    8

    22

    -5

    12

    22

    2

    558

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    0009

    LA CRESCENT 0.7 N, MN US

    NOAA
    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silt loam; fine granular structure; fragments. Lab sample # 40A13296
    E1—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; very fine and fine platy structure; 21.0 roots; 21 percent worm casts; fragments. Lab sample # 40A13297
    E2—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; fine platy, and fine granular structure; 21.0 roots; fragments. Lab sample # 40A13298
    E3—25 to 33 centimeters (9.8 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; medium granular, and platy structure; 21.0 roots; fragments. Lab sample # 40A13299
    BE—33 to 38 centimeters (13.0 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; 21.0 roots; fragments. Lab sample # 40A13300
    Bt1—38 to 46 centimeters (15.0 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; medium subangular blocky structure; 0.5 roots; fragments. Lab sample # 40A13301
    Bt2—46 to 53 centimeters (18.1 to 20.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; fine and medium subangular blocky structure; 0.5 roots; fragments. Lab sample # 40A13302
    Bt3—53 to 63 centimeters (20.9 to 24.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; medium subangular blocky structure; 0.5 roots; fragments. Lab sample # 40A13303
    Bt4—63 to 79 centimeters (24.8 to 31.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; medium subangular blocky structure; 21.0 roots; fragments. Lab sample # 40A13304
    Bt5—79 to 94 centimeters (31.1 to 37.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; 21.0 roots; fragments. Lab sample # 40A13305
    BC1—94 to 112 centimeters (37.0 to 44.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; coarse subangular blocky structure; 21.0 roots; fragments. Lab sample # 40A13306
    BC2—112 to 127 centimeters (44.1 to 50.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; 0.5 roots; fragments. Lab sample # 40A13307
    C1—127 to 173 centimeters (50.0 to 68.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; fragments. Lab sample # 40A13308
    C2—173 to 218 centimeters (68.1 to 85.8 inches); silt loam; soft, slightly plastic; fragments. Lab sample # 40A13309
    C3—244 to 269 centimeters (96.1 to 105.9 inches); silt loam; fragments. Lab sample # 40A13310