IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nicollet
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978MN015010(2706)
  • User Pedon ID: S1978MN015010(2706)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN2706
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47829
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 44.3227692
  • Std. Longitude: -94.7057037
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 110N
  • Range: 32W
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: 1300 feet south and 50 feet west of the northeast 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-C6—Sleepy Eye, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Michael Domeier, Keith Christensen
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Hapludolls
  • 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 - Nicollet
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Nicollet
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/13/1978
  • 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: gray till
  • Landform: rise
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/13/1978 (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
    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 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN270601; moist when described; observed in cut
    A—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN270602; moist when described; observed in cut
    Bw—38 to 81 centimeters (15.0 to 31.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN270603; moist when described; observed in cut
    Bk1—81 to 94 centimeters (31.9 to 37.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) clay loam; friable; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN270604; moist when described; observed in cut
    Bk2—94 to 107 centimeters (37.0 to 42.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) clay loam; friable; 11 percent gray (5Y 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; 4 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN270605; moist when described; observed in cut
    C—107 to 152 centimeters (42.1 to 59.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) loam; friable; 11 percent gray (5Y 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0. Lab sample # MN270606; moist when described; observed in cut