IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fargo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1982MN155023 (3542)
  • User Pedon ID: S1982MN155023 (3542)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN3542
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48879
  • 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: 45.7237511
  • Std. Longitude: -96.4872971
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 126N
  • Range: 46W
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: 2400 feet south and 570 feet east of the northwest corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN155—Traverse
  • 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: MN155—Traverse County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 45096-F4—Dumont, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Peter Hartman, Johnson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, frigid Typic Epiaquerts
  • 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 - Fargo
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ryan
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/18/1982
  • 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
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/18/1982 (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 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); black (5Y 2.5/1), very dark gray (5Y 3/1), dry; silty clay; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN354201
    Bg—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); black (5Y 2.5/1), very dark gray (5Y 3/1), dry; silty clay; weak medium angular blocky structure; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN354202
    Cg1—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) silty clay; 5 percent dark gray (5Y 4/1), moist, organic stains; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN354203
    Cg2—46 to 81 centimeters (18.1 to 31.9 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silty clay; 5 percent dark gray (5Y 4/1), moist, organic stains; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN354204
    Cg3—81 to 107 centimeters (31.9 to 42.1 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silty clay; 5 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, organic stains; 11 percent fine olive (5Y 5/3), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN354205
    Cg4—107 to 152 centimeters (42.1 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay; 5 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, organic stains; 11 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # MN354206