IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Espelie
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979MN167015 (3162)
  • User Pedon ID: S1979MN167015 (3162)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN3162
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48679
  • 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: 46.4719887
  • Std. Longitude: -96.5614777
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 135N
  • Range: 47W
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: 265 feet north and 2570 feet east of the southwest corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN167—Wilkin
  • MLRA: 56—Red River Valley of the North
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-FAR—Fargo, North Dakota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN167—Wilkin County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46096-D5—Wahpeton NE, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Jon Hall, Gordon
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy over clayey, mixed over smectitic, frigid Typic Epiaquolls
  • 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 - Espelie
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Espelie
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/10/1979
  • 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: lacustrine deposits over gray till
  • Landform: flat
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/10/1979 (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 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine granular parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN316201; moist when described;
    A—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine granular parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN316202; moist when described;
    AB—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2), olive brown (2.5Y 4/3), dry; loamy fine sand; weak very fine granular parts to weak fine granular structure; very friable; 0.1 fine roots; 1 percent fine yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN316203; moist when described;
    Bg—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) fine sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 0.1 fine roots; 10 percent olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 11 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN316204; moist when described;
    2Cg—61 to 152 centimeters (24.0 to 59.8 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) silty clay loam; firm; 11 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4. Lab sample # MN316205; moist when described;