IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ulen
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1976MN113007 (2406)
  • User Pedon ID: S1976MN113007 (2406)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN2406
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47747
  • 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: 47.9640007
  • Std. Longitude: -96.4179993
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 152N
  • Range: 45W
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: 200 feet westnorthwest of the southeast corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN113—Pennington
  • 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: MN113—Pennington County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 47096-H4—Dorothy, Minnesota
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Unknown
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, frigid Aquic Calciudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Unknown
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ulen
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ulen
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/21/1976
  • 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: lacustrine deposits
  • Landform: flat
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/21/1976 (actual site observation date)
  • 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
  • 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

    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; fine sandy loam; weak very fine granular parts to weak fine granular structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN240601; moist when described;
    Bk1—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) loamy fine sand; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.1 fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN240604; moist when described;
    Bk2—41 to 48 centimeters (16.1 to 18.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) loamy fine sand; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN240606; moist when described;
    C1—48 to 64 centimeters (18.9 to 25.2 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine sand; loose; 1 percent fine light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN240607; moist when described;
    C2—64 to 74 centimeters (25.2 to 29.1 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) fine sand; loose; 10 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent 2.5Y 5/8 (2.5Y 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN240608; moist when described;
    Cg3—74 to 107 centimeters (29.1 to 42.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) fine sand; loose; 33 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4. Lab sample # MN240610; moist when described;