IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ulen
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974MN0271879
  • User Pedon ID: S1974MN0271879
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN1879
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49936
  • Print Date: 5/30/2024

    • 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: 47.1352615
  • Std. Longitude: -96.4472961
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 142N
  • Range: 46W
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: 580 feet south and 2400 feet east of the northwest corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN027—Clay
  • 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: MN027—Clay County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 47096-B4—Ulen NW, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jacobson, Charles Carr
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, frigid Aquic Calciudolls
  • 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 - Ulen
  • Classificaton Date - 2/14/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ulen
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 1/14/2011
  • 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: sandy lacustrine deposits over loamy lacustrine deposits
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/14/2011 (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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) and dark gray (10YR 4/1) fine sandy loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN187901
    Bk1—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) loam; weak fine angular blocky, and weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN187902
    Bk2—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) fine sandy loam; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN187903
    Bk3—43 to 58 centimeters (16.9 to 22.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) loamy sand; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; violent effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN187904
    C—58 to 91 centimeters (22.8 to 35.8 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) fine sand; single grain; loose; 3 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 3 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN187905
    Cg1—91 to 117 centimeters (35.8 to 46.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) coarse sand; single grain; loose; 21 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 21 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 21 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN187906
    2Ab—117 to 132 centimeters (46.1 to 52.0 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) and very dark gray (5Y 3/1) silt loam; weak angular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent fine prominent olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary.
    2Cg2—132 to 152 centimeters (52.0 to 59.8 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) very fine sandy loam; massive; friable; fragments; strong effervescence.