IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Oran
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980MN099008 (3384)
  • User Pedon ID: S1980MN099008 (3384)
  • User Site Association ID: Oran_Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN3384
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48772
  • 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: 43.8409691
  • Std. Longitude: -92.9869843
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 104N
  • Range: 18W
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: 2650 feet south and 800 feet east of the northwest corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN099—Mower
  • MLRA: 104—Eastern Iowa and Minnesota Till Prairies
  • Regional Office: 11—Indianapolis, IN
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-WAV—Waverly, Iowa
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN099—Mower County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43092-G8—Waltham, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Carroll Carlson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquollic Hapludalfs
  • 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 - Oran
  • PSC - 38 to 89 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sargeant
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1980
  • 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 till
  • Landform: flat
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1980 (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
    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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN338401; moist when described;
    E1—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; moderate medium platy structure; friable; 1 percent fine yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN338402; moist when described;
    E2—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; weak medium platy structure; friable; 1 percent fine yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN338403; moist when described;
    Bt1—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) clay loam; strong fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 5 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN338404; moist when described;
    2Bt2—56 to 69 centimeters (22.0 to 27.2 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 5 percent clay films on all faces of peds and 75 percent white (10YR 8/1), moist, sand coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN338405; moist when described;
    2Bt3—69 to 107 centimeters (27.2 to 42.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 5 percent clay films on all faces of peds; 11 percent fine yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN338406; moist when described;
    2Bt4—107 to 152 centimeters (42.1 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 5 percent clay films on all faces of peds and 75 percent white (10YR 8/1), moist, sand coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8. Lab sample # MN338407; moist when described;