IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sparta
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1971MN0491365
  • User Pedon ID: S1971MN0491365
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN1365
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49708
  • 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: 44.4688148
  • Std. Longitude: -92.9222794
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 112N
  • Range: 18W
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: NE1/4NE1/4
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN049—Goodhue
  • MLRA: 104—Eastern Iowa and Minnesota Till Prairies
  • Regional Office: 11—Indianapolis, IN
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-WAV—Waverly, Iowa
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN049—Goodhue County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44092-D8—Sogn, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Unknown
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Entic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sparta
  • Classificaton Date - 2/13/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Plainfield
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, mesic Typic Udipsamments
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/23/2010
  • 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: sandy outwash
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/23/2010 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • 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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    3

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    90

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    A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN136501
    Bw1—13 to 56 centimeters (5.1 to 22.0 inches); 30 percent brown (10YR 4/3) and dark brown (10YR 3/3) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN136502
    Bw2—56 to 86 centimeters (22.0 to 33.9 inches); 30 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and dark brown (10YR 3/3) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified. Lab sample # MN136503
    Bw3—86 to 122 centimeters (33.9 to 48.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified. Lab sample # MN136504
    BC—122 to 147 centimeters (48.0 to 57.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified. Lab sample # MN136505
    C—147 to 165 centimeters (57.9 to 65.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified. Lab sample # MN136506