IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hibbing
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979MN137056 (2988)
  • User Pedon ID: S1979MN137056 (2988)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN2988
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48662
  • 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: 47.5335388
  • Std. Longitude: -92.2601776
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 58N
  • Range: 15W
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: 1050 feet north and 200 feet east of the southeast 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: MN617—St. Louis County, Minnesota, Embarrass Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 47092-E3—Biwabik, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Unknown
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active, frigid Oxyaquic Glossudalfs
  • 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 - Hibbing
  • PSC - 25 to 76 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Hibbing
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/3/1979
  • 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: loess over red till
  • Landform: moraine
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/3/1979 (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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    O—0 to 0 centimeters (0.0 to 0.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) highly decomposed plant material; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described;
    A—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 1 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN298801; moist when described;
    E—3 to 13 centimeters (1.2 to 5.1 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium platy structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN298802; moist when described;
    B/E—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium platy structure; firm; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN298803; moist when described;
    Bt1—25 to 58 centimeters (9.8 to 22.8 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium platy structure; firm; 30 percent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN298804; moist when described;
    Bt2—58 to 89 centimeters (22.8 to 35.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium platy structure; firm; 5 percent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN298805; moist when described;
    C—89 to 152 centimeters (35.0 to 59.8 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) clay; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium platy structure; firm; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4. Lab sample # MN298806; moist when described;