IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Millington
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979MN091018(2820)
  • User Pedon ID: S1979MN091018(2820)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN2820
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48614
  • 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: 43.6797104
  • Std. Longitude: -94.6150970
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 103N
  • Range: 32W
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: 1950 feet north and 100 feet west of the southeast corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN091—Martin
  • 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: MN091—Martin County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43094-F5—Welcome, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ken Matzdorf, Carroll Oskvig
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, calcareous, mesic Cumulic 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 - Millington
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Millington
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/17/1978
  • 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: alluvium
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/17/1978 (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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    A1—0 to 33 centimeters (0.0 to 13.0 inches); black (N 2/),, very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; silty clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.1 fine roots; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN282001; moist when described;
    A2—33 to 69 centimeters (13.0 to 27.2 inches); black (N 2/), clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; moderately sticky; 5 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, organic stains on surfaces along root channels; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN282002; wet when described;
    A3—69 to 91 centimeters (27.2 to 35.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; moderately sticky; 11 percent fine dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 4 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN282003; wet when described;
    Bg—91 to 102 centimeters (35.8 to 40.2 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; moderately sticky; 33 percent olive (5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN282004; wet when described;
    Cg1—102 to 127 centimeters (40.2 to 50.0 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) sandy loam; nonsticky; 11 percent olive (5Y 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN282005; wet when described;
    Cg2—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) gravelly sandy loam; nonsticky; 10 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron and 11 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 44 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9. Lab sample # MN282006; wet when described;