IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Downs

User Site ID: S1975MN055056

User Pedon ID: S1975MN055056

Vegetation Plot ID: S1975MN055056

User Site Association ID: MLRA 105 - Deep Loess Soils - Glaciated Uplands - FY21 ProjLoamy-Silty Uplands (MN, IA, WI) DSP Project 2021-2024

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - UMNSSL2

Lab Pedon # - UMN2077

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 82805

Print Date: 6/2/2024

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: 43.5929532

Std. Longitude: -91.6239450

Datum: WGS84

GPS - Positional Error: 10.00

Township: 102N

Range: 7W

Section: 36

PLSS Details: 2050 feet north and 1900 feet east of the southwest corner

Location Description: 150 yards southeast of Black hammer bluff

Country: US—United States

State: Minnesota

County: MN055—Houston

MLRA: 105—Upper Mississippi River Bedrock Controlled Uplands and Valleys

Regional Office: NC—North Central

MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-ONA—Onalaska, Wisconsin

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN055—Houston County, Minnesota

PEDON

Describers Name: Bryan Hargrave

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Mollic Hapludalfs

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name

Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site

Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC6.0B

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Downs

PSC - 31 to 81 cm.

Classificaton Date - 3/14/2022

Classifier - Shaunna Repking

Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition

Moisture Class - udic

Moisture Subclass - typic

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Tama

Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Argiudolls

Taxon Kind - series

PSC - 31 to 81 cm.

Classificaton Date - 11/26/2013

Classifier - Bryan Hargrave

Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition

Moisture Class - udic

Moisture SUBClass - typic

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Pedon Vegetation and Crop Cover Information:

Agronomic Feature - crop row on bed or ridge

Current Crop - corn

Hydric: no

Certification Status: not certified

QC Status: not reviewed

QA Status: not reviewed

SITE

Parent Material: Peoria silty loess over residuum weathered from dolomite

Slope Complexity: simple

Slope Shape Across: linear

Slope Shape Down: linear

Drainage Class: well

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Bedrock: dolomite (dolostone)

Geology: Oneota formation of the Prairie Du Chien group.

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: yes

RaCA Information:

Plot/Site Set Up By - Unknown

Plot or Site Recorder - Unknown

VEGETATION

Vegplot Text Note(s): A scan of the original data (i.e. field sheet(s), edits, manuscripts, notes, and other associated data) is available in the RO10 Field Documentation Archive maintained by Adolfo Diaz, RO10 GIS Specialist. This web map can be accessed using the following link: http://arcg.is/1iDqnO Google Chrome is recomended to explore the map. At its full extent, the web map will display the 9 states that make up Region 10 along with a summary of the number of pedons per state. Since there are too many points to display at the full extent you will have to zoom in to an approximate scale of an average county. Once zoomed in you will notice that the pedons will appear both in the legend (Table of content area) and in the map. Once displayed, you can click on any point to open the identification window and get basic information such as: Series Name, location description, Lat-Long and other information. The original document has also been embedded as an attachment and can be previewed by clicking on the pdf file within the identification window. This database represents a snapshot and will be updated once a month. This database can also be directly streamed into an ArcGIS/ArcPro session to be overlaid with your project layers. However, to do so you must have an ArcGIS Online for Organizational account. If you are interested in this please let Adolfo Diaz know and he can work with you to set it up. As a recap, here are the main objectives of this project: 1. Inventory and digitally archive - As soil survey crews finalized surveys and made their way to different offices, many of the original soil survey documentation was left behind or simply discarded as being irrelevant material. The inventory process was an opportunity to collect and organize this legacy documentation. For preservation and accessibility purposes these files were also scanned. 2. Develop a GIS database In order to view the spatial distribution of our inventory and perform spatial queries, pedons with a valid location were digitized. As part of this process, each pedon was assigned a unique siteID using the current NASIS naming convention. 3. Enter into NASIS as needed Having pedons in a GIS gives the user the advantage of spatially assessing field documentation availability and determine whether a pedon should be entered into NASIS for project purposes. If you have any questions contact: Adolfo Diaz, RO10 GIS Specialist, Madison, WI Shaunna Repking, MLRA Soil Scientist, Onalaska, WI

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 11/26/2013 (entry creation date)

Data Collector: BCH

Surface Water Kind: none observed

Hydrology Status: unaltered

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

Extra Moisture Source: none

Vegetation Plot Plants
Plant Symbol	Scientific Name	National Vernacular Name	Plant Type Group	Canopy Cover %	Vegetation Stata Level
ZEMA	Zea mays	corn	grass/grasslike	100	overstory

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
mollic epipedon ochric epipedon argillic horizon redox depletions with chroma 2 or less	— — — —	—- —- —- —-

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
%	m				degrees	mm	mm		C						mm
14	—	—	—	—		899	—	155	8	22	-5	12	22	2	558	—	0009	LA CRESCENT 0.7 N, MN US	NOAA

Ap—0 to 21 centimeters (0.0 to 8.3 inches); black (10YR 2/1) and very dark brown (10YR 2/2) rubbed, dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silt loam; 18 percent clay; weak very fine subangular blocky, and fine granular structure; very friable; common very fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN500228

AE—21 to 31 centimeters (8.3 to 12.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior and very dark brown (10YR 2/2) exterior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; 18 percent clay; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; few fine roots; common very fine pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN500229

Bt1—31 to 46 centimeters (12.2 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; few fine roots; common very fine pores; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, coats and light gray (10YR 7/1), dry, silica coats; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN500230

Bt2—46 to 71 centimeters (18.1 to 28.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; 25 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common very fine pores; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, coats; fragments. Lab sample # MN500231

Bt3—71 to 99 centimeters (28.0 to 39.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and brown (10YR 4/3) exterior silt loam; 27 percent clay; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few very fine roots; common very fine tubular and common fine dendritic tubular pores; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores and light gray (10YR 7/1), dry, silica coats on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN500232. continuous - phpvsfiid 1259970; continuous - phpvsfiid 1259970

Bt4—99 to 124 centimeters (39.0 to 48.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior and brown (10YR 4/3) exterior silt loam; 27 percent clay; grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; many fine roots; common very fine tubular and common dendritic tubular pores; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films and light gray (10YR 7/1), dry, silica coats and black (10YR 2/1), moist, organoargillans; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN500233

BC—124 to 162 centimeters (48.8 to 63.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silt loam; 20 percent clay; yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine prominent and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common very fine tubular and common dendritic tubular pores; very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, and black (10YR 2/1), moist, organoargillans on surfaces along root channels; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN500234

C—162 to 216 centimeters (63.8 to 85.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silt loam; 20 percent clay; strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common very fine tubular and common dendritic tubular pores; very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, and black (10YR 2/1), moist, organoargillans on surfaces along root channels; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN500235