IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fargo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • Local Phase: silty substratum
  • User Site ID: S1975MN0272014
  • User Pedon ID: S1975MN0272014
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN2014
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50009
  • 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: 46.9847794
  • Std. Longitude: -96.7101440
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 141N
  • Range: 48W
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: 2840 feet north and 144 feet east of the southwest 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: 46096-H6—Dilworth, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Unknown
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, frigid Typic Epiaquolls
  • 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 - Fargo
  • Classificaton Date - 2/23/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fargo
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • Classificaton Date - 1/26/2011
  • 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: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/26/2011 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay; moderate fine angular blocky structure; moderately sticky; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN201401
    Bg—18 to 38 centimeters (7.1 to 15.0 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) silty clay; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; moderately sticky; fragments; noneffervescent; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # MN201402
    Bkg1—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1) silty clay loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; moderately sticky; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN201403
    Bkg2—56 to 94 centimeters (22.0 to 37.0 inches); gray (2.5Y 6/1) silty clay loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; moderately sticky; 2 percent fine prominent olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN201404
    Cg—94 to 140 centimeters (37.0 to 55.1 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) stratified stratified silty clay loam to silt loam; massive; slightly sticky; 21 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), 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 fine prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 21 percent medium prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # MN201405