IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Malardi
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992MN1714686
  • User Pedon ID: S1992MN1714686
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN4686
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 50857
  • 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: 45.2217331
  • Std. Longitude: -93.8483353
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 120N
  • Range: 25W
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: 550 feet south and 200 feet west of the northeast corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN171—Wright
  • 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: MN171—Wright County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 45093-B7—Buffalo East, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Thomas Jackson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Malardi
  • Classificaton Date - 2/23/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Dorset
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 2/15/2011
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy outwash over sandy and gravelly outwash
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 2/15/2011 (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 (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 7 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN468601
    Bt1—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) coarse sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 8 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN468602
    Bt2—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) gravelly loamy coarse sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 34 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN468603
    C1—56 to 173 centimeters (22.0 to 68.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose; 33 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN468604
    C2—173 to 203 centimeters (68.1 to 79.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) coarse sand; single grain; loose; 14 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # MN468605