IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Balaton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1977MN0272446
  • User Pedon ID: S1977MN0272446
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN2446
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47768
  • Print Date: 6/2/2024

    • 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: 46.9464989
  • Std. Longitude: -96.3472672
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 140N
  • Range: 45W
  • Section: 15
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN027—Clay
  • MLRA: 102A—Rolling Till Prairie
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-FER—Fergus Falls, Minnesota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN027—Clay County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46096-H3—Hawley, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Unknown
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Typic Calciudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Balaton
  • PSC - 0 to 0 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hamerly
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/15/1977
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: till
  • Landform: rise
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/15/1977 (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

    2

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    645

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    145

    6

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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard; fragments; strong effervescence; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN244601; dry when described;
    Bk1—25 to 61 centimeters (9.8 to 24.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; hard; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN244602; dry when described;
    Bk2—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; loose; 1 percent fine yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN244603; dry when described;
    Cg—76 to 140 centimeters (29.9 to 55.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) loam; weak very fine subangular blocky parts to weak medium angular blocky structure; friable; 33 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # MN244604; moist when described;