IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Aldenlake
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978MN137021 (2564)
  • User Pedon ID: S1978MN137021 (2564)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN2564
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48510
  • 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: 47.0529404
  • Std. Longitude: -92.0932159
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 53N
  • Range: 14W
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 400 feet south and 700 feet west of the northeast corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN137—St. Louis
  • MLRA: 93A—Superior and Rainy Stony and Rocky Till Plains and Moraines
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-DUL—Duluth, Minnesota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN615—St. Louis County, Minnesota, Duluth Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 47092-A1—Thompson Lake, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Tim Richardson, Jerry Sharp
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, isotic, frigid Dystric Eutrudepts
  • 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 - Aldenlake
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cloquet
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/22/1978
  • 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: loess over red outwash
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/22/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - conifers
  • 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 grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 fine roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN256402; moist when described;
    Bw1—8 to 10 centimeters (3.1 to 3.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 fine roots; 1 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; abrupt broken boundary.; moist when described;
    Bw2—10 to 28 centimeters (3.9 to 11.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.0 medium roots; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN256403; moist when described;
    Bw3—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN256404; moist when described;
    Bw4—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium platy structure; firm; 0.5 medium roots; 4 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear broken boundary. Lab sample # MN256405; moist when described;
    2C1—61 to 74 centimeters (24.0 to 29.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) gravelly loamy coarse sand; loose; 0.5 medium roots; 20 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN256406; moist when described;
    2C2—74 to 152 centimeters (29.1 to 59.8 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) gravelly coarse sand; loose; 25 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3. Lab sample # MN256407; moist when described;