IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Moundprairie
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1975MN055065
  • User Pedon ID: S1975MN055065
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL2
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN2087
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 82814
  • Print Date: 6/1/2024

    • 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: 43.7326153
  • Std. Longitude: -91.3772381
  • Datum: WGS84
  • GPS - Positional Error: 10.00
  • Township: 103N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: SW1/4SE1/4SE1/4
  • 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: Unknown
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Argiaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC6.0B
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ossian
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/26/2013
  • Classifier - Unknown
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Walford
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Argiaquolls
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/26/2013
  • Classifier - Unknown
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • 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: loess
  • Landform: depression
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • RaCA Information:
  • Plot/Site Set Up By - Unknown
  • Plot or Site Recorder - Unknown

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/10/1975 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Unknown
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    aquic conditions

    argillic horizon

    albic horizon

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    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

    5

    —

    —

    —

    —

    0

    899

    —

    155

    8

    22

    -5

    12

    22

    2

    558

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    0009

    LA CRESCENT 0.7 N, MN US

    NOAA
    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silt loam; 13 percent clay; strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; cloddy structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; many very fine roots and many fine roots; fine tubular pores; light gray (10YR 7/1), dry, silica coats; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN500276. mottles are in the lower part
    A1—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; 13 percent clay; strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse platy, and moderate coarse platy parts to moderate fine subangular blocky parts to moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; many very fine roots and many fine roots; many very fine tubular and many fine tubular pores; light gray (10YR 7/1), dry, silica coats; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN500277
    E1—38 to 64 centimeters (15.0 to 25.2 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; 20 percent clay; strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse platy, and moderate coarse platy, and moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; many fine roots; many very fine tubular and many fine tubular pores; light gray (10YR 7/1), dry, silica coats on all faces of peds and dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN500278
    E2—64 to 79 centimeters (25.2 to 31.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; 18 percent clay; strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse platy parts to moderate fine platy, and moderate very fine subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few fine roots; many very fine tubular and many fine tubular pores; light gray (10YR 7/1), dry, silica coats on all faces of peds and dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN500279
    Bt1—79 to 97 centimeters (31.1 to 38.2 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; 19 percent clay; strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common fine tubular pores; dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN500280
    Bt2—97 to 130 centimeters (38.2 to 51.2 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; 20 percent clay; strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine prominent and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium prominent mottles; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; common very fine tubular and common fine tubular pores; dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, organoargillans on surfaces along pores and dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, organic stains on surfaces along root channels and light gray (10YR 7/1), dry, silica coats; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN500281
    Bt3—130 to 165 centimeters (51.2 to 65.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; 21 percent clay; 80 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium prominent mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few fine pores; dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, organoargillans on surfaces along root channels and dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN500282
    Bt4—165 to 191 centimeters (65.0 to 75.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; 20 percent clay; strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium prominent and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) coarse prominent mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few medium and few fine pores; dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on surfaces along root channels; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN500283. mottles cover about 90-95% of surface area
    C—191 to 213 centimeters (75.2 to 83.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; 16 percent clay; strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine prominent and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium prominent mottles; structureless massive; slightly hard, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; few medium and few fine pores; dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on surfaces along root channels; fragments. Lab sample # MN500284