IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Grayling
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979MN137062 (2961)
  • User Pedon ID: S1979MN137062 (2961)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN2961
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48666
  • Print Date: 6/1/2024

    • 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: 46.7748604
  • Std. Longitude: -92.5544815
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 50N
  • Range: 17W
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: 2000 feet south and 75 feet east of the northwest 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: MN619—St. Louis County, Minnesota, Meadowlands Part
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46092-G5—Brookston, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jerry Sharp
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Isotic, frigid Typic Udipsamments
  • 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 - Grayling
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Omega
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/18/1979
  • 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: red outwash
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/18/1979 (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); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.
    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) loamy sand; weak very fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN296102; moist when described;
    E—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3) loamy sand; weak very fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN296101; moist when described;
    Bw1—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) fine sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; 0.1 very fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN296103; moist when described;
    Bw2—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) fine sand; 0.1 very fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN296104; moist when described;
    BC—41 to 69 centimeters (16.1 to 27.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) fine sand; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN296105; moist when described;
    C1—69 to 89 centimeters (27.2 to 35.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) sand; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN296106; moist when described;
    C2—89 to 152 centimeters (35.0 to 59.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) sand; fragments. Lab sample # MN296107; moist when described;