IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Balaton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970MN0511168
  • User Pedon ID: S1970MN0511168
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN1168
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49047
  • 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: 45.7729416
  • Std. Longitude: -96.2382507
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 127N
  • Range: 44W
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: NE1/4NW1/4
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN051—Grant
  • MLRA: 56—Red River Valley of the North
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-FAR—Fargo, North Dakota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN051—Grant County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 45096-G2—Herman, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Unknown
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Aquic Calciudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Balaton
  • Classificaton Date - 2/13/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rollis
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/10/2010
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/10/2010 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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
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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) loam; weak fine granular structure; firm; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN116801
    Bw—18 to 43 centimeters (7.1 to 16.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) loam; moderate very fine angular blocky structure; firm; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # MN116802
    Bk—43 to 56 centimeters (16.9 to 22.0 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) loam; moderate very fine angular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 1 percent gypsum crystal clusters in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN116803
    BCg—56 to 91 centimeters (22.0 to 35.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) loam; moderate very fine angular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 1 percent gypsum crystal clusters in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN116804
    Cg1—91 to 173 centimeters (35.8 to 68.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) clay loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 3 percent medium prominent gray (5Y 5/1), moist, iron depletions in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN116805
    Cg2—173 to 188 centimeters (68.1 to 74.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) clay loam; friable; 1 percent fine prominent gray (5Y 5/1), moist, iron depletions in matrix and 21 percent medium prominent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # MN116806
    Cg3—206 to 264 centimeters (81.1 to 103.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) clay loam; friable; 1 percent fine prominent gray (5Y 5/1), moist, iron depletions in matrix and 21 percent medium prominent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # MN116807
    Cg4—290 to 305 centimeters (114.2 to 120.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) clay loam; friable; 1 percent fine prominent iron depletions in matrix and 21 percent medium prominent iron depletions in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # MN116808
    Cg5—305 to 325 centimeters (120.1 to 128.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) clay loam; friable; 1 percent fine prominent iron depletions in matrix and 21 percent medium prominent iron depletions in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # MN116809