IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Vallers
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1977MN1132478
  • User Pedon ID: S1977MN1132478
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN2478
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47792
  • Print Date: 6/1/2024

    • 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: 48.1555710
  • Std. Longitude: -96.4444504
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 154N
  • Range: 45W
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: NW1/4SW1/4SE1/4
  • 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: 48096-B4—Viking, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Unknown
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Typic Calciaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Unknown
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Vallers
  • PSC - 0 to 0 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Roliss
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/28/1977
  • 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: gray till
  • Landform: beach ridge
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/28/1977 (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
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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), black (10YR 2/1), dry; loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.1 fine roots; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN247801; moist when described;
    Bg—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.1 fine roots; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN247802; moist when described;
    Bkg—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.1 fine roots; 1 percent gray (10YR 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN247803; moist when described;
    Cg1—43 to 91 centimeters (16.9 to 35.8 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silt loam; moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; 0.1 fine roots; 1 percent olive (5Y 4/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 8 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN247804; moist when described;
    Cg2—91 to 152 centimeters (35.8 to 59.8 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 33 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 8 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # MN247805; moist when described;