IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Canisteo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979MN067113(3104)
  • User Pedon ID: S1979MN064113(3104)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSLx
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN3104
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48599
  • 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: 44.9765205
  • Std. Longitude: -94.9518509
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 117N
  • Range: 34W
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: 2600 feet east and 1100 feet south of northwest corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN067—Kandiyohi
  • 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: MN067—Kandiyohi County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44094-H8—Lake Lillian, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Allan Giencke
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, calcareous, mesic Typic Endoaquolls
  • 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 - Canisteo
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Canisteo
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/31/1979
  • 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: flat
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/31/1979 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Setting and Climate
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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.1 fine roots; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN310401
    A—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.1 fine roots; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN310402
    Bk—43 to 64 centimeters (16.9 to 25.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN310403
    C—64 to 152 centimeters (25.2 to 59.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) loam; friable; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6. Lab sample # MN310404