IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Klossner
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978MN015008 (2704)
  • User Pedon ID: S1978MN015008 (2704)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN2704
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47827
  • 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: 44.1684990
  • Std. Longitude: -94.3955231
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 108N
  • Range: 30W
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: 1700 feet west and 600 feet north of the southeast corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN015—Brown
  • MLRA: 103—Central Iowa and Minnesota Till Prairies
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-ALB—Albert Lea, Minnesota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN015—Brown County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44094-B4—Hanska, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Keith Christensen
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, euic, mesic Terric Haplosaprists
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Klossner
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Blue Earth
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/12/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: lacustrine deposits
  • Landform: flat
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/12/1978 (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
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    Oap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); black (5Y 2.5/1), dark gray (5Y 4/1), dry; moderately decomposed plant material; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, iron stains on surfaces along root channels; fragments; violent effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in cut
    Oa—25 to 48 centimeters (9.8 to 18.9 inches); black (5Y 2.5/1), dark gray (5Y 4/1), dry; moderately decomposed plant material; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, iron stains on surfaces along root channels; fragments; violent effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; gradual smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in cut
    A1—48 to 102 centimeters (18.9 to 40.2 inches); black (5Y 2.5/1), dark gray (5Y 4/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, iron stains on surfaces along root channels; fragments; violent effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN270401; moist when described; observed in cut
    A2—102 to 152 centimeters (40.2 to 59.8 inches); black (5Y 2.5/1), dark gray (5Y 4/1), dry; silty clay loam; very friable; yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, iron stains on surfaces along root channels; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4. Lab sample # MN270402; moist when described; observed in cut
    A3—152 to 203 centimeters (59.8 to 79.9 inches); black (5Y 2.5/1) silty clay loam; very friable; fragments; violent effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4. Lab sample # MN270403; moist when described; observed in cut