IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Harps
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970MN0471114
  • User Pedon ID: S1970MN0471114
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN1114
  • 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: 43.7158356
  • Std. Longitude: -93.5920563
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 103N
  • Range: 23W
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: NW10NE40NE160
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN047—Freeborn
  • MLRA: 103—Central Iowa and Minnesota Till Prairies
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-ALB—Albert Lea, Minnesota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN047—Freeborn County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43093-F5—Alden, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Whitaker
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Calciaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Harps
  • Classificaton Date - 2/13/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Harps
  • Classificaton Date - 10/29/2010
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy till
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/29/2010 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Setting and Climate
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    Akp—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); black (N 2.5/),, dark gray (N 4/),, dry; silty clay loam; cloddy structure; friable; fragments; violent effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN111401
    Ak1—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); very dark gray (N 3/),, gray (N 5/),, dry; silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine granular, and weak medium granular structure; friable; fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN111402
    Ak2—41 to 58 centimeters (16.1 to 22.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN111403
    Bg—58 to 84 centimeters (22.8 to 33.1 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent fine prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN111404
    Cg1—84 to 102 centimeters (33.1 to 40.2 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) clay loam; massive; friable; 3 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN111405
    Cg2—102 to 122 centimeters (40.2 to 48.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) loam; massive; friable; 3 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # MN111406