IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Oran
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1981MN0993461
  • User Pedon ID: S1981MN0993461
  • User Site Association ID: Oran_Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN3461
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48816
  • 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: 43.8372383
  • Std. Longitude: -92.9869919
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 104N
  • Range: 18W
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: 1380 feet north and 900 feet east of the southwest 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 Aquic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Unknown
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Oran
  • PSC - 58 to 122 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sargeant
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/20/1981
  • 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: 5/20/1981 (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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), gray (10YR 6/1), dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN346101; moist when described;
    E1—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; moderate medium platy structure; friable; 1 percent fine dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; 1 percent by volume ? to 8-? millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN346102; moist when described;
    E2—36 to 46 centimeters (14.2 to 18.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; moderate coarse platy structure; friable; 11 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; 1 percent by volume ? to 8-? millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN346103; moist when described;
    BE—46 to 58 centimeters (18.1 to 22.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay loam; strong coarse angular blocky parts to moderate coarse prismatic structure; friable; 33 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; 6 percent by volume ? to 8-? millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN346104; moist when described;
    2Bt1—58 to 76 centimeters (22.8 to 29.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam; strong coarse angular blocky parts to strong coarse prismatic structure; firm; 33 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; 1 percent by volume ? to 8-? millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN346105; moist when described;
    2Bt2—76 to 102 centimeters (29.9 to 40.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; strong coarse subangular blocky parts to moderate coarse prismatic structure; firm; 33 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN346106; moist when described;
    2Bt3—102 to 137 centimeters (40.2 to 53.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 33 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, masses of reduced iron; 1 percent by volume ? to 8-? millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN346107; moist when described;
    2Bt4—137 to 152 centimeters (53.9 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 33 percent medium masses of reduced iron; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN346108; moist when described;