IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rockton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1975MN1091922
  • User Pedon ID: S1975MN1091922
  • User Site Association ID: 11-WAV_Rockton_EVAL_Project
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN1922
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47700
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • 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: 43.9338875
  • Std. Longitude: -92.2768402
  • Datum: WGS84
  • GPS - Positional Error: 10.00
  • Township: 105N
  • Range: 12W
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: 166 feet south and 495 feet east of the northwest corner of NW1/4
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN109—Olmsted
  • 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: MN109—Olmsted County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43092-H3—Marion, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dave Aldeen
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Rockton
  • PSC - 41 to 81 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Classifier - Unknown
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rockton
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 41 to 81 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/13/1975
  • Classifier - Unknown
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Bedrock: strongly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • RaCA Information:
  • Plot/Site Set Up By - Unknown
  • Plot or Site Recorder - Unknown

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/13/1975 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Unknown
  • 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
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, lithic

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    —

    —
    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    lithic contact

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    —

    —

    —-

    —-

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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

    1

    —

    —

    —

    —

    180

    899

    —

    155

    8

    22

    -5

    12

    22

    2

    558

    —

    00014925

    ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, MN US

    NOAA
    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay loam; weak very fine granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN192201; moist when described;
    A1—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN192202; moist when described;
    A2—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 65 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN192203; moist when described;
    Bt1—41 to 56 centimeters (16.1 to 22.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 65 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN192204; moist when described;
    Bt2—56 to 69 centimeters (22.0 to 27.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 65 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN192205; moist when described;
    Bt3—69 to 81 centimeters (27.2 to 31.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) clay loam; strong medium angular blocky structure; extremely firm; 65 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN192206; moist when described;
    R—81 to 89 centimeters (31.9 to 35.0 inches); bedrock; fragments.