IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lura
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974MN0131740
  • User Pedon ID: S1974MN0131740
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSLx
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN1740
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49910
  • User Project ID: 2027-2
  • Project Name: MLRA 103 - Ice Contact and Moraine Investigation
  • 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: 43.8807793
  • Std. Longitude: -93.8956985
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 105N
  • Range: 26W
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: W1/2SE1/4
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN013—Blue Earth
  • 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: MN013—Blue Earth County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43093-H8—Mapleton, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Unknown
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Cumulic Vertic Epiaquolls
  • 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 - Lura
  • Classificaton Date - 2/14/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Barbert
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 1/7/2011
  • 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: silty and clayey lacustrine deposits
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/7/2011 (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 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); black (N 2.5/),, 10YR 4/ (10YR 4/),, dry; silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN174001
    A1—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); black (N 2.5/),, 10YR 6/ (10YR 6/),, dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN174002
    A2—41 to 51 centimeters (16.1 to 20.1 inches); black (N 2.5/), silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN174003
    A3—51 to 66 centimeters (20.1 to 26.0 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5; clear smooth boundary.
    Bg1—66 to 94 centimeters (26.0 to 37.0 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN174004
    Bg2—94 to 104 centimeters (37.0 to 40.9 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; clear smooth boundary.
    Cg—104 to 122 centimeters (40.9 to 48.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silty clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 21 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # MN174005