IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Karlstad
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1977MN1132481
  • User Pedon ID: S1977MN1132481
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN2481
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47795
  • 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: 48.0929604
  • Std. Longitude: -96.3318329
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: NE1/4
  • 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-A3—Viking SE, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Unknown
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Oxyaquic Hapludalfs
  • 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 - Karlstad
  • PSC - 0 to 0 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Karlstad
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1977
  • 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 outwash
  • Landform: beach ridge
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1977 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • 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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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; sandy loam; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN248101; moist when described;
    E—8 to 23 centimeters (3.1 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; loamy sand; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 10 percent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 11 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN248102; moist when described;
    Bt1—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 5 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN248103; moist when described;
    Bt2—41 to 48 centimeters (16.1 to 18.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 5 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 45 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN248104; moist when described;
    2C1—48 to 66 centimeters (18.9 to 26.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) coarse sand; loose; 1 percent fine yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN248105; moist when described;
    2C2—66 to 81 centimeters (26.0 to 31.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) sand; loose; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 40 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated mixed fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN248106; moist when described;
    2C3—81 to 122 centimeters (31.9 to 48.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) sand; loose; 1 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 50 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated mixed fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN248108; moist when described;
    2C4—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) Error; loose; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated mixed fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2. Lab sample # MN248109; moist when described;