IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sparta
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974MN1631993
  • User Pedon ID: S1974MN1631993
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN1993
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49991
  • 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: 45.2274055
  • Std. Longitude: -92.7705917
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 27N
  • Range: 21W
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: 900 feet north and 850 feet east of the center
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN163—Washington
  • MLRA: 90B—Central Wisconsin Thin Loess Dissected Till Plain
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-RHI—Rhinelander, Wisconsin
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN163—Washington County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 45092-B7—Marine On Saint Croix, 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 - 2/14/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sparta
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, mesic Entic Hapludolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 1/24/2011
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • 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: 1/24/2011 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) sand; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN199301
    A—25 to 51 centimeters (9.8 to 20.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) sand; single grain; loose; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN199301
    Bw1—51 to 97 centimeters (20.1 to 38.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) sand; single grain; loose; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN199302
    Bw2—97 to 140 centimeters (38.2 to 55.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sand; single grain; loose; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN199302
    E and Bt—140 to 198 centimeters (55.1 to 78.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loamy fine sand; single grain; very friable; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN199303