IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Littleton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990MN131800 (4443)
  • User Pedon ID: S1990MN131800 (4443)
  • User Site Association ID: Garwin - SDJR pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN4443
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 48962
  • 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: 44.4353790
  • Std. Longitude: -93.0929031
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 111N
  • Range: 19W
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: 2460 feet north and 1960 feet east of the SW corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN131—Rice
  • 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: MN131—Rice County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44093-D1—Dennison, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: George Poch
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Cumulic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Unknown
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Littleton
  • PSC - 0 to 0 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Garwin
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/17/1990
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: level 3
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/17/1990 (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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    A1—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (N 2/), mucky silty clay loam; moderate fine granular structure; slightly sticky; 2.0 fine roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN444301; wet when described;
    A2—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; moderate fine granular structure; slightly sticky; 0.1 fine roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN444302; wet when described;
    AB—41 to 76 centimeters (16.1 to 29.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay loam; moderate fine granular structure; slightly sticky; 0.1 fine roots; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN444303; wet when described;
    Bw—76 to 91 centimeters (29.9 to 35.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; slightly sticky; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN444304; wet when described;
    Bg—91 to 107 centimeters (35.8 to 42.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silt loam; 11 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN444305; wet when described;
    Cg1—107 to 152 centimeters (42.1 to 59.8 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2) silt loam; 33 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN444306; wet when described;
    Eg2—152 to 178 centimeters (59.8 to 70.1 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; fragments. Lab sample # MN444307; wet when described;