IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fordville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1972MN0831597
  • User Pedon ID: S1972MN0831597
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN1597
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49818
  • 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: 44.5874786
  • Std. Longitude: -95.9284592
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 113N
  • Range: 42W
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: SW1/4SW1/4
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN083—Lyon
  • 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: MN083—Lyon County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44095-E8—Minneota, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Unknown
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Pachic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Fordville
  • Classificaton Date - 2/14/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fordville
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 12/23/2010
  • 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: loamy outwash over sandy and gravelly outwash
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/23/2010 (actual site observation 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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) loam; weak very fine subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN159701
    A—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1) loam; weak very fine subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky, and moderate very fine subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN159702
    Bw1—36 to 64 centimeters (14.2 to 25.2 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) loam; moderate medium prismatic, and weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN159703
    Bw2—64 to 76 centimeters (25.2 to 29.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) extremely flaggy coarse sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; loose; 25 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN159704
    Bk—76 to 104 centimeters (29.9 to 40.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) very gravelly coarse sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; loose; 35 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN159705
    2C—104 to 152 centimeters (40.9 to 59.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) very gravelly sand; single grain; loose; 50 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # MN159706