IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fargo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • Local Phase: silty substratum
  • User Site ID: S1976MN0272234
  • User Pedon ID: S1976MN0272234
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN2234
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50125
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • 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: 46.9265099
  • Std. Longitude: -96.7358475
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 140N
  • Range: 48W
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: NW1/4SW1/4
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN027—Clay
  • MLRA: 56—Red River Valley of the North
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-FAR—Fargo, North Dakota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN027—Clay County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46096-H6—Dilworth, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Unknown
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, frigid Typic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Fargo
  • Classificaton Date - 2/23/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - SND
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 2/2/2011
  • 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: silty and clayey lacustrine deposits
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/2/2011 (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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); black (2.5Y 2/1) silty clay; weak medium angular blocky structure; hard; fragments.
    A—18 to 38 centimeters (7.1 to 15.0 inches); black (2.5Y 2/1) silty clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; hard; fragments. Lab sample # MN223401
    Bg1—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) silty clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; soft, friable; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # MN223402
    Bg2—53 to 61 centimeters (20.9 to 24.0 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # MN223403
    Bkg—61 to 81 centimeters (24.0 to 31.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent fine prominent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # MN223404
    Cg—81 to 107 centimeters (31.9 to 42.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silt loam; massive; friable; 21 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 21 percent medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # MN223404