IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Clarion
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979MN063007(2978)
  • User Pedon ID: S1979MN063007(2978)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN2978
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48591
  • 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: 43.5144501
  • Std. Longitude: -95.1380463
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 101N
  • Range: 36W
  • Section: 34
  • PLSS Details: 400 feet south and 850 feet west of northeast corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN063—Jackson
  • 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: MN063—Jackson County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43095-E2—Lakefield SW, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ray Genrich, Gerald Floren
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, superactive, mesic Oxyaquic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Unknown
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Clarion
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/7/2013
  • Classifier - C.Johnson
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Clarion
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/24/1979
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: gray till
  • Landform: moraine
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/24/1979 (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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 4 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN297801; moist when described;
    Bw—20 to 58 centimeters (7.9 to 22.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 4 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN297802; moist when described;
    C1—58 to 76 centimeters (22.8 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.1 fine roots; 4 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN297803; moist when described;
    C2—76 to 152 centimeters (29.9 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; friable; 0.1 fine roots; 1 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; 4 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8. Lab sample # MN297804; moist when described;