IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cloquet
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1968MN017006
  • User Pedon ID: 68MN017006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1708
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 35866
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 46.6333351
  • Std. Longitude: -92.6333313
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 48N
  • Range: 18W
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: SE 1/4, NW 1/4, SW 1/4, 120 feet E of NW-SE rd and 500 feet N of N edge of field.
  • Location Description: Carlton Co.
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN017—Carlton

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. Lewis and H. Finney
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, frigid Typic Dystrochrepts
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cloquet
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, frigid Typic Dystrochrepts
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1968
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1968 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    4

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    135

    71

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    4

    18

    -12

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    O—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A13507. mixture of undecomposed and decomposed plant remains
    A1—3 to 6 centimeters (1.2 to 2.4 inches); black (N 2/0) interior fine sandy loam; weak very fine and fine granular structure; very friable; 5.5 very fine and fine roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A13508. 68L1144; few fine charcoal fragments; plentiful whitish fungi mycelia; about 3% coarse fragments mostly 2 to 10 cm; many very fine and fine roots
    A2—6 to 11 centimeters (2.4 to 4.3 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior fine sandy loam; moderate fine granular, and moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A13509. 68L1145; about 3% coarse fragments mostly 2 to 10 cm; many very fine and fine roots; few medium and coarse roots
    B21hir—11 to 23 centimeters (4.3 to 9.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior fine sandy loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 5.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13510. 68L1146; about 5% coarse fragments mostly 2 to 10 cm; many very fine and fine roots; few medium and coarse roots
    B22hir—23 to 39 centimeters (9.1 to 15.4 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior and brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior fine sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 medium and coarse roots and 5.5 fine and medium roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13511. 68L1147; about 10% coarse fragments mostly 2 to 10 cm; layer of brown (10YR 5/3) albic-like material about 3 cm thick and occupying about 10% of pedon in lower part of thicker part of horizon; many fine and medium roots; few medium and coarse roots
    2B23t—39 to 46 centimeters (15.4 to 18.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior gravelly loamy coarse sand; structureless massive, and weak medium subangular blocky; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 15 percent faint , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13512. 68L1148; about 20% coarse fragments mostly 2 to 5 cm; more clay in part of horizon with subangular blocky structure; 40A13515; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots
    2B3—46 to 94 centimeters (18.1 to 37.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior gravelly sand; structureless single grain; loose; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13513. 68L1149; about 40% coarse fragments with most of the larger particles in upper part; many thin stains or coatings on medium through coarse sand particles; few very fine and fine roots; few medium and coarse roots
    2C—94 to 155 centimeters (37.0 to 61.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) interior gravelly sand; structureless single grain; loose; 0.1 roots; fragments. Lab sample # 40A13514. 68L1150; about 50% coarse fragments ranging from 2 to 15 mm; few lense 10 to 18 cm in thickness with about 75% coarse fragments; very few roots