IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Menahga
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978MN0612625
  • User Pedon ID: S1978MN0612625
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN2625
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50726
  • Print Date: 6/3/2024

    • 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: 47.3546219
  • Std. Longitude: -93.6014404
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 56N
  • Range: 26W
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: 150 feet north and 900 feet west of the southeast corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN061—Itasca
  • MLRA: 57—Northern Minnesota Gray Drift
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-FER—Fergus Falls, Minnesota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN061—Itasca County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 47093-C5—Cohasset East, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Charles Saari, Miller, WS
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, frigid Typic Udipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Menahga
  • Classificaton Date - 2/23/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Menahga
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 2/7/2011
  • 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: sandy outwash
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/7/2011 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and 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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

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    45

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    Oe—0 to 0 centimeters (0.0 to 0.0 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; fragments.
    A—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; friable; 20 percent sand coats; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN262501
    Bw1—18 to 38 centimeters (7.1 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) sand; single grain; friable; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN262502
    Bw2—38 to 66 centimeters (15.0 to 26.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sand; single grain; friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN262503
    BC—66 to 81 centimeters (26.0 to 31.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sand; single grain; friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN262504
    C1—81 to 127 centimeters (31.9 to 50.0 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sand; single grain; friable; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN262505
    C2—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) coarse sand; single grain; friable; fragments. Lab sample # MN262506