IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): SND
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1975MN0611981
  • User Pedon ID: S1975MN0611981
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN1981
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50061
  • Print Date: 2/18/2026

    • 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: 47.0255470
  • Std. Longitude: -93.1830750
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 53N
  • Range: 22W
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: SW1/4SW1/4
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN061—Itasca
  • MLRA: 88—Northern Minnesota Glacial Lake Basins
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-BEM—Bemidji, Minnesota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN061—Itasca County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 47093-A2—Swan River, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Paul Nyberg, Jacobsen
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, frigid Typic Psammaquents
  • 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 - SND
  • Classificaton Date - 2/14/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cowhorn
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 1/24/2011
  • 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: sandy lacustrine deposits
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/24/2011 (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) loamy fine sand; weak medium granular, and weak medium subangular blocky, and weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN198101
    Eg1—23 to 28 centimeters (9.1 to 11.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) loamy fine sand; weak thin platy structure; very friable; 1 percent fine distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 1 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN198102
    Eg2—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) loamy fine sand; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 1 percent fine distinct light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 3 percent medium distinct brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 3 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN198103
    Eg3—41 to 69 centimeters (16.1 to 27.2 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2) loamy fine sand; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 1 percent medium distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 1 percent medium prominent olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 1 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN198104
    Eg4—69 to 89 centimeters (27.2 to 35.0 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2) loamy fine sand; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 1 percent coarse distinct light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 3 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 3 percent medium prominent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN198105
    Bg—89 to 94 centimeters (35.0 to 37.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) fine sandy loam; weak thick platy structure; friable; 3 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN198106
    Cg1—94 to 114 centimeters (37.0 to 44.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) loamy fine sand; massive; very friable; 21 percent coarse distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN198107
    Cg2—114 to 140 centimeters (44.9 to 55.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) loamy fine sand; massive; very friable; 3 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 21 percent medium distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 21 percent medium distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments. Lab sample # MN198108