IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cathro
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1972MN069004
  • User Pedon ID: 72MN069004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1706
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 35864
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 48.7491570
  • Std. Longitude: -96.4356308
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 161N
  • Range: 45W
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4, SE 1/4
  • Location Description: Kittson Co.
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN069—Kittson
  • MLRA: 56—Red River Valley of the North

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Barron, Nordin, Farnham, McKinzie, Lynn, Finney
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, euic, frigid Terric Borosaprists
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cathro
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, mixed, euic, frigid Terric Borosaprists
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1972
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plains
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1972 (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

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    310

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    51

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    3

    19

    -15

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    1Oe—0 to 51 centimeters (0.0 to 20.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) crushed hemic material; weak fine crumb structure; very friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13496. 72L620; dark brown (7.5YR 3/2 and 7.5YR 4/4, broken face) fiber; about 50% fiber, about 20% rubbed; herbaceous fiber; upper 15 cm is somewhat more decomposed than the remainder; about 10% mineral material
    1Oa1—51 to 114 centimeters (20.1 to 44.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior Error; weak coarse platy structure; very friable; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13497. 72L621; very dark brown 10YR 2/2, broken face) fiber, black (N 2/0) rubbed; about 20% fiber, trace rubbed; herbaceous fiber; about 20% mineral material in upper part increasing to about 30% in the lower part
    1Oa2—114 to 127 centimeters (44.9 to 50.0 inches); black (N 2/0) crushed Error; structureless massive; very friable; 15 percent , moist, nonintersecting slickensides; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13498. 72L622; about 15% fiber, trace rubbed; herbaceous fiber; about 40% mineral material in upper part increasing to about 60% in lower part; few nonintersecting slickensides surface features
    2A11b—127 to 132 centimeters (50.0 to 52.0 inches); black (N 2/0) interior gravelly sandy loam; structureless massive; slightly sticky; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13499. not sampled
    2A12b—132 to 137 centimeters (52.0 to 53.9 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) interior coarse sandy loam; structureless massive; slightly sticky; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13500. not sampled
    3Cg—137 to 150 centimeters (53.9 to 59.1 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) interior loam; 1 percent olive (5Y 5/3) fine faint mottles; structureless massive; fragments. Lab sample # 40A13501. 72L623; few fine faint 5Y53 mottles