IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cosmos
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990MN093006(4419)
  • User Pedon ID: S1990MN093006(4419)
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN4419
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48957
  • User Project ID: 2041-1
  • Project Name: MLRA 103 - Kandiyohi till plain
  • 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: 44.8947296
  • Std. Longitude: -94.6540298
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 117N
  • Range: 32W
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: 350 feet east and 900 feet north of southwest corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN093—Meeker
  • MLRA: 103—Central Iowa and Minnesota Till Prairies
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-ALB—Albert Lea, Minnesota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN093—Meeker County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44094-H6—Cosmos, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Robert Lueth
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Vertic 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 - Cosmos
  • PSC - 0 to 0 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/26/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kandi till
  • Classificaton Date - 11/29/1990
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/29/1990 (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); black (N 2/), silty clay loam; firm; fragments; strong effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary.
    Bg—20 to 64 centimeters (7.9 to 25.2 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silty clay loam; firm; 1 percent fine light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary.
    2C1—64 to 89 centimeters (25.2 to 35.0 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) silty clay; firm; 5 percent white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate coats; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence.
    2C2—89 to 99 centimeters (35.0 to 39.0 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) silty clay loam; firm; 5 percent white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate coats; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # MN441904
    2C3—99 to 178 centimeters (39.0 to 70.1 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) silty clay; firm; 5 percent white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate coats; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence.
    2C4—178 to 203 centimeters (70.1 to 79.9 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) clay loam; firm; 5 percent white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate coats; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # MN441905
    2C5—203 to 366 centimeters (79.9 to 144.1 inches); light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) silty clay; firm; 5 percent white (10YR 8/1), moist, carbonate coats; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded indurated 2-35-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence.