IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Swanlake
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1975MN0332103
  • User Pedon ID: S1975MN0332103
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN2103
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50025
  • 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: 43.9444160
  • Std. Longitude: -95.4358139
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 106N
  • Range: 38W
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: 1650 feet south and 1320 feet east of the northwest corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN033—Cottonwood
  • 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: MN033—Cottonwood County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43095-H4—Heron Lake NW, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Unknown
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Calciudolls
  • 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 - Swanlake
  • Classificaton Date - 2/23/2012
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Snd
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 1/28/2011
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 2


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy till
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/28/2011 (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 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN210301
    Bk1—23 to 71 centimeters (9.1 to 28.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # MN210302
    Bk2—71 to 94 centimeters (28.0 to 37.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; friable; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN210303
    Bk3—94 to 109 centimeters (37.0 to 42.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; friable; 3 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN210304
    C1—109 to 130 centimeters (42.9 to 51.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) loamy fine sand; weak fine platy, and weak medium platy structure; friable; 3 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN210305
    C2—130 to 152 centimeters (51.2 to 59.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) clay loam; massive; firm; 1 percent coarse distinct olive (5Y 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; strong effervescence. Lab sample # MN210306