IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cathay
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 54ND019001
  • User Pedon ID: 54ND019001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0009
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41886
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 48.8485460
  • Std. Longitude: -98.3897790
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 745 feet west, 125 feet north of south quarter corner Section 15, T.162N., R.60W.
  • State: North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C.A. Mogen
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cathay
  • Classificaton Date - 6/4/1954
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 1.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/4/1954 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Setting and Climate
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    A1p—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; moderate fine granular structure; soft, very friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A00065
    B21—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and very dark brown (10YR 2/2) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong very fine angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A00066
    B22—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate very fine angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A00067
    B3—36 to 48 centimeters (14.2 to 18.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; weak medium prismatic parts to weak fine angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A00068
    Cca1—48 to 74 centimeters (18.9 to 29.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; weak medium angular blocky, and massive; hard, friable; 21.0 pores; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A00069
    Cca2—74 to 99 centimeters (29.1 to 39.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), light gray (2.5Y 7/2), dry; weak medium angular blocky, and massive; hard, friable; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A00070
    C1—99 to 117 centimeters (39.0 to 46.1 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2), light olive gray (5Y 6/2), dry; slightly hard, friable; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A00071
    C2—117 to 152 centimeters (46.1 to 59.8 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1), light gray (5Y 7/2), dry; 21 percent olive (5Y 5/3) fine faint mottles; moderate medium angular blocky structure; hard, friable; fragments. Lab sample # 40A00072