LOCATION EAGLEVIEW MNEstablished Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Mixed, frigid Lamellic Udipsamments
TYPICAL PEDON: Eagleview loamy sand, on a slope of 10 percent, on an outwash plain, in a cultivated field. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise stated.)
Ap--0 to 7 inches; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loamy sand, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) dry; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; about 1 percent gravel; neutral; abrupt smooth boundary. (6 to 9 inches thick)
E--7 to 16 inches; brown (10YR 5/3) sand, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) dry; single grain; loose; about 1 percent gravel; neutral; clear wavy boundary. (6 to 25 inches thick)
Bw--16 to 23 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sand; single grain; loose; about 1 percent gravel; neutral; abrupt smooth boundary. (0 to 20 inches thick)
E and Bt1--23 to 33 inches; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) sand (E); single grain; loose; one-half inch thick lamellae of brown (7.5YR 4/4) sandy loam (Bt) at 23 inches and 32 inches; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few thin brown (7.5YR 4/3) clay films on faces of peds; about 1 percent gravel; neutral; abrupt smooth boundary.
E and Bt2--33 to 37 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sand (E); single grain; loose; one inch thick lamellae of dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loamy sand (Bt) at 36 inches; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; common thin clay coats and bridging on sand grains; about 1 percent gravel; neutral; clear smooth boundary. (Combined thickness of the E and Bt horizon is 10 to 36 inches thick)
C--37 to 80 inches; pale brown (10YR 6/3) sand; single grain; loose; few carbonate coats on underside of pebbles; about 1 percent gravel; slightly effervescent; slightly alkaline.
TYPE LOCATION: Becker County, Minnesota; about 10 miles northeast of Detroit Lakes; about 400 feet south and 1,000 feet west of the northeast corner of section 16, T. 140 N., R. 40 W.; USGS Flat Lake topographic quadrangle; lat. 46 degrees 56 minutes 53 seconds N. and long. 95 degrees 44 minutes 00 seconds W., NAD 83.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS: Free carbonates are typically at depths of 25 to 50 inches but are below 60 inches in some pedons. The volume of rock fragments range from 0 to 10 percent throughout the series control section. The particle-size control section averages more than 40 percent fine sand and coarser. The soil moisture control section is dry for 20 to 35 consecutive days during the 120 days following the summer solstice.
The Ap horizon has hue of 10YR, value of 3 (value of 6 or more when dry) and chroma of 2 or 3. It is loamy sand, loamy coarse sand, or sand. It is moderately acid to neutral. When not tilled, the A horizon has hue of 10YR, value of 2 or 3 and chroma of 1 to 3, and ranges in thickness from 1 to 4 inches.
The E horizon has hue of 10YR, value of 4 to 6 and chroma of 2 or 3. It is sand, coarse sand, loamy sand or loamy coarse sand. It is moderately acid to neutral.
The Bw horizon has hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 4 or 5 and chroma of 4 to 6. It is sand or coarse sand. It is slightly acid or neutral.
The E part of the E and Bt horizon has hue of 10YR, value of 5 or 6, and chroma of 2 through 4. It is sand or coarse sand. The Bt part has hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 3 to 5, and chroma of 4 to 6. It is loamy sand, loamy coarse sand, sandy loam, or coarse sandy loam. The reaction is slightly acid or neutral.
The C horizon has hue of 10YR, value of 5 or 6 and chroma of 3 or 4. It is sand or coarse sand. It is slightly acid to moderately alkaline.
COMPETING SERIES: These are the Faunce, Graycalm and Zimmerman soils. Faunce soils average 10 to 35 percent gravel in the series control section. Graycalm soils are dry in the soil moisture control section for less than 20 consecutive days during the 120 days following the summer solstice. Zimmerman soils have more than 40 percent fine sand in the series control section and do not have carbonates above a depth of 60 inches.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Eagleview soils have plane or convex slopes on outwash plains, valley trains and moraines. They formed in glacial outwash of Late Wisconsin Age. Slope gradients range from 0 to 65 percent. Mean annual temperature ranges from 38 to 42 degrees F. Mean annual precipitation ranges from 19 to 25 inches. Frost free days range from 90 to 130. Elevation above sea level ranges from 1000 to 1900 feet.
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the Bootlake, Epoufette, Friendship, Karlstad, Markey, Meehan, Menahga, Nidaros, Rifle, Seelyeville and Snellman soils. The well drained Bootlake and Snellman soils are on similar positions. The poorly drained Epoufette and somewhat poorly drained Meehan soils are on lower lying positions. The moderately well drained Friendship and Karlstad soils are on lower lying positions. The very poorly drained Markey, Nidaros, Rifle and Seelyeville soils are in depressions. The excessively drained Menahga soils are on similar positions.
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Somewhat excessively drained. Runoff is very slow or slow on nearly level to gently sloping slopes and slow to medium on strongly sloping to steep slopes. Permeability is rapid.
USE AND VEGETATION: Most areas are used as woodland but some areas are used for cropland, hayland or pastureland. Native vegetation is a mixed hardwood and coniferous forest.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: West central and northwestern Minnesota. This series is inextensive.
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: St. Paul, Minnesota
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Becker County, Minnesota, 1994.
REMARKS: Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in the pedon: Ochric epipedon--the zone from the surface to a depth of 16 inches (A and E horizons); Argic subgroup based on lamellae within 200 cm of the surface. This soil was separated from Graycalm due to climate and being more productive soil for mixed deciduous tree species.
ADDITIONAL DATA: Soil Interpretation Record number MN0705.