IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MCQUADE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1996MN137053
  • User Pedon ID: S1996MN137053
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 97P0218
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 68693
  • 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: 47.3877792
  • Std. Longitude: -92.2347260
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 57N
  • Range: 15W
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 900 feet NORTH AND 1100 feet EAST OF SOUTHWEST CORNER
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN137—St. Louis
  • MLRA: 90—Central Wisconsin and Minnesota Thin Loess and Till
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN137—St. Louis County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 47092-D2—Turpela Lake, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: GWM, MJC
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 53
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - MCQUADE
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed Mollic Epiaqualfs
  • Classificaton Date - 8/26/1996
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: swale
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/26/1996 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 421SW
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Setting and Climate
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    AP—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.; dry when described;
    E—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) loam; 2 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine prominent spherical and 8 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium prominent irregular mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 2.0 medium vesicular pores; 8 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary.; dry when described;
    BTG1—30 to 81 centimeters (11.8 to 31.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; 2 percent gray (N 5/0) fine faint spherical and 5 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium prominent irregular mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 40 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described;. The concentration of mottles increases with depth through the horizon, up to about 10% in the lower third of the horizon.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 200980; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 200980
    BTG2—81 to 127 centimeters (31.9 to 50.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) silty clay loam; 5 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct spherical and 30 percent gray (7.5YR 5/1) medium prominent irregular mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent gray (7.5YR 5/1) clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P01513; moist when described;. patchy - phpvsfiid 200981; patchy - phpvsfiid 200981
    BC—127 to 173 centimeters (50.0 to 68.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) clay loam; 5 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium prominent irregular and 20 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) coarse prominent irregular mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; 10 percent olive gray (5Y 5/2) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 8 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual irregular boundary.; moist when described;. This horizon has complex mottle patterns; the low chroma material surrounds the high chroma material. Clay skins also occur on pebbles.; patchy - phpvsfiid 200982; patchy - phpvsfiid 200982
    C—173 to 218 centimeters (68.1 to 85.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) clay loam; strong coarse and very coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; 12 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 97P01514; moist when described;. A few downward extensions of the BC horizon occur; they are in the form of major ped faces with clay skins that extend to a depth of 86 inches.