IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nicollet
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978MN015014 (2710)
  • User Pedon ID: S1978MN015014 (2710)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN2710
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47833
  • 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: 44.1578407
  • Std. Longitude: -94.3719864
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 108N
  • Range: 30W
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: 2000 feet north and 800 feet west of the southeast corner
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN015—Brown
  • MLRA: 103—Central Iowa and Minnesota Till Prairies
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-ALB—Albert Lea, Minnesota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN015—Brown County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44094-B3—Cambria, 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 - 7/12/1978
  • 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: loamy till
  • Landform: till plain
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: flat
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • 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
    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); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN271001; moist when described; observed in cut
    A—25 to 58 centimeters (9.8 to 22.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN271002; moist when described; observed in cut
    Bw1—58 to 69 centimeters (22.8 to 27.2 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN271003; moist when described; observed in cut
    Bw2—69 to 99 centimeters (27.2 to 39.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN271004; moist when described; observed in cut
    Bw3—99 to 122 centimeters (39.0 to 48.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 11 percent gray (5Y 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN271005; moist when described; observed in cut
    C—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 33 percent gray (5Y 5/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6. Lab sample # MN271006; moist when described; observed in cut