Sandberg soil series
A representative soil profile of the Sandberg soil series. (Soil Survey of Polk County, Minnesota; by Charles T. Saari and Rodney B. Heschke, Natural Resources Conservation Service)
The Sandberg Series consists of very deep, excessively drained soils that formed in coarse or moderately coarse glacial outwash sediments or glacial beach deposits with or without a thin loamy mantle. These soils are on outwash plains, glacial lake beaches, stream terraces valley trains, and glacial moraines. Permeability is moderately rapid or rapid in the upper part and very rapid in the lower part. Slopes range from 0 to 45 percent. Mean annual air temperature is about 42 degrees F. Mean annual precipitation is about 23 inches.
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Sandy, mixed, frigid Calcic Hapludolls
Note: The Sandberg soils in Polk County are a taxadjunct to the series because they lack the thin calcic horizon (Bk) associated with the official soil series. At the time of publication Sandberg soils were classified as Sandy, mixed Udorthentic Haploborolls in the survey area.
Depth to free carbonates is typically 10 to 40 inches but ranges to the surface in some pedons. The mollic epipedon ranges from 7 to 16 inches thick. Those less than 10 inches thick are sandy loam or coarse sandy loam. The series control section average has 2 to 35 percent rock fragments (by volume). The rock fragments are of mixed lithology and typically 2 to 60 mm in size. However, they may range up to 250 mm in size. The series control section has more than 30 percent medium sand or coarser.
USE AND VEGETATION: Areas of these soils are used for cultivated crops, hay or pasture. A few areas are in woodland. Native vegetation is mixed prairie grasses with scattered oak hardwoods.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Western, Central and Northwestern Minnesota. It is of moderate extent.
For additional information about the survey area, visit:
www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MANUSCRIPTS/minnesota/MN11...
For a detailed soil description, visit:
soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/S/SANDBERG.html
For acreage and geographic distribution, visit:
casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/see/#sandberg
Sandberg soil series
A representative soil profile of the Sandberg soil series. (Soil Survey of Polk County, Minnesota; by Charles T. Saari and Rodney B. Heschke, Natural Resources Conservation Service)
The Sandberg Series consists of very deep, excessively drained soils that formed in coarse or moderately coarse glacial outwash sediments or glacial beach deposits with or without a thin loamy mantle. These soils are on outwash plains, glacial lake beaches, stream terraces valley trains, and glacial moraines. Permeability is moderately rapid or rapid in the upper part and very rapid in the lower part. Slopes range from 0 to 45 percent. Mean annual air temperature is about 42 degrees F. Mean annual precipitation is about 23 inches.
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Sandy, mixed, frigid Calcic Hapludolls
Note: The Sandberg soils in Polk County are a taxadjunct to the series because they lack the thin calcic horizon (Bk) associated with the official soil series. At the time of publication Sandberg soils were classified as Sandy, mixed Udorthentic Haploborolls in the survey area.
Depth to free carbonates is typically 10 to 40 inches but ranges to the surface in some pedons. The mollic epipedon ranges from 7 to 16 inches thick. Those less than 10 inches thick are sandy loam or coarse sandy loam. The series control section average has 2 to 35 percent rock fragments (by volume). The rock fragments are of mixed lithology and typically 2 to 60 mm in size. However, they may range up to 250 mm in size. The series control section has more than 30 percent medium sand or coarser.
USE AND VEGETATION: Areas of these soils are used for cultivated crops, hay or pasture. A few areas are in woodland. Native vegetation is mixed prairie grasses with scattered oak hardwoods.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Western, Central and Northwestern Minnesota. It is of moderate extent.
For additional information about the survey area, visit:
www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_MANUSCRIPTS/minnesota/MN11...
For a detailed soil description, visit:
soilseries.sc.egov.usda.gov/OSD_Docs/S/SANDBERG.html
For acreage and geographic distribution, visit:
casoilresource.lawr.ucdavis.edu/see/#sandberg