Soil Series Atlas

Lester soil series

Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Mollic Hapludalfs

050100150200cm1 ft2 ft3 ft4 ft5 ft6 ftApTopsoil · plowed0–18 cm · 0–7 inBt1Subsoil · clay build-up18–53 cm · 7–21 inBt2Subsoil · clay build-up53–97 cm · 21–38 inBk1Subsoil · lime (carbonate) build-up97–127 cm · 38–50 inBk2Subsoil · lime (carbonate) build-up127–152 cm · 50–60 inCParent material152–203 cm · 60–80 in050100150200cmApTopsoil · plowed0–18 cm · 0–7 inBt1Subsoil · clay build-up18–53 cm · 7–21 inBt2Subsoil · clay build-up53–97 cm · 21–38 inBk1Subsoil · lime(carbonate) build-up97–127 cm · 38–50 inBk2Subsoil · lime(carbonate) build-up127–152 cm · 50–60 inCParent material152–203 cm · 60–80 in
Typical pedon, to scale: 203 cm (80 in), 6 horizons.

Alfisols — moderately leached soils with a clay-enriched subsoil

Nationally Lester is a small series: 471,253 acres, 614th of 24,791 by area. Its biggest share, 79%, is in Minnesota, where it ranks 12th of 1,038 series. It is the state soil of Minnesota.

Depth
Very deep
Drainage
Well drained

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Where Lester is mapped

471,253 acres in 41 soil survey areas, from current SSURGO data.

AlabamaArizonaColoradoFloridaGeorgiaIndianaKansasMaineMassachusettsMinnesota: 372,961 acresNew JerseyNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaOklahomaPennsylvaniaSouth DakotaTexasWyomingConnecticutMissouriWest VirginiaIllinoisNew MexicoArkansasCaliforniaDelawareDistrict of ColumbiaIowa: 98,292 acresKentuckyMarylandMichiganMississippiMontanaNew HampshireNew YorkOhioOregonTennesseeUtahVirginiaWashingtonWisconsinNebraskaSouth CarolinaIdahoNevadaVermontLouisianaRhode Island

Share of all Lester acres

  1. Minnesota79%
  2. Iowa21%
  • Rank in the state · share of its mapped soil
  • Minnesota 12th of 1,038 · 0.81%
  • Iowa 70th of 541 · 0.33%

In the field

Drainage

Well drained

Drains fastStays wet

Soil depth

Very deep

ShallowDeep
Parent material
Glacial till
Landform
Moraines, till plains
Type location
Minnesota

How it is classified

  1. OrderAlfisols
  2. SuborderUdalfs
  3. Great groupHapludalfs
  4. SubgroupMollic Hapludalfs
  5. FamilyFine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Mollic Hapludalfsfine-loamy particle-size classmixed mineralogy classsuperactive cation-exchange activity classmesic soil temperature regime

Against other Alfisols

Lester makes up 0.17% of all mapped Alfisols — the 102nd largest of 4,001 series in the order.

Solum thickness (topsoil + subsoil)

152 cm over a median of 127 cm

Depth to the subsoil

18 cm under a median of 23 cm

Depth described

203 cm over a median of 156 cm

Its relatives

15 other established series share the family “Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Mollic Hapludalfs”

  1. Gara1.1 M
  2. Lester471 k
  3. Bassett139 k
  4. Angus123 k
  5. Racine86 k
  6. Koronis72 k
  7. Winneshiek42 k
  8. Caleb30 k
  9. Blooming27 k

Close relatives, at one scale

  1. Lester203 cm · Mollic Hapludalfs
  2. Stuttgart203 cm · Albaquultic Hapludalfs
  3. Menfro203 cm · Typic Hapludalfs
  4. Pamunkey203 cm · Ultic Hapludalfs

Horizon by horizon

HorizonLayerDepthThickness
ApTopsoil: plowed0–18 cm0–7 in18 cm
Bt1Subsoil: clay build-up18–53 cm7–21 in35 cm
Bt2Subsoil: clay build-up53–97 cm21–38 in44 cm
Bk1Subsoil: lime (carbonate) build-up97–127 cm38–50 in30 cm
Bk2Subsoil: lime (carbonate) build-up127–152 cm50–60 in25 cm
CParent material152–203 cm60–80 in51 cm

Sources: USDA–NRCS Official Series Description (revised 2008-07), Soil Classification database and SSURGO. Ranks computed by Soil Series Atlas. Method · Guides