IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cathay
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 83ND019204
  • User Pedon ID: 83ND019204
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - NDSU
  • Lab Pedon # - 83ND019204
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 69451
  • 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: 48.5866667
  • Std. Longitude: -98.0480556
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: 2,150 feet east and 150 feet south of the northwest corner of sec. 19, T. 159 N., R. 57 W.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: North Dakota
  • County: ND019—Cavalier
  • MLRA: 55A—Northern Black Glaciated Plains
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: ND019—Cavalier County, North Dakota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Moos, J. Weinberg, S. Ekart
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cathay
  • Classificaton Date - 8/23/1983
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/23/1983 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 131
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—46

    28—46

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    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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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.5 very fine pores; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1110; moist when described;
    E—15 to 20 centimeters (5.9 to 7.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; loam; moderate thin platy, and moderate thick platy structure; slightly hard, very friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 very fine roots throughout; 0.1 very fine pores; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1111; moist when described;
    B/E—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and very dark brown (10YR 2/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 very fine roots throughout; 0.1 very fine pores; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1112; moist when described;
    Btn—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; very hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine pores; 60 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1113; moist when described;
    Bk—46 to 89 centimeters (18.1 to 35.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and light gray (2.5Y 7/2), light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and pale yellow (2.5Y 8/2), dry; loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse angular blocky structure; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 very fine roots; 0.1 very fine pores; 10 percent lime masses throughout; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1114; moist when described;. Horizon has 1/2 to 3/4 inch wide tongues of 10YR 2/2 material.
    BCk—89 to 132 centimeters (35.0 to 52.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4), dry; loam; 1 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) fine prominent and 10 percent light gray (2.5Y 7/2) medium distinct mottles; massive; slightly hard, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 very fine and fine pores; 1 percent fine lime masses; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # NDSU1115; moist when described;
    C1—132 to 173 centimeters (52.0 to 68.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), pale yellow (2.5Y 7/4), dry; loam; 1 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) medium prominent and 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; massive; soft, friable, slightly sticky, slightly plastic; 0.1 very fine and fine pores; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, unspecified. Lab sample # NDSU1116; moist when described;
    C2—173 to 203 centimeters (68.1 to 79.9 inches); fragments. Lab sample # NDSU1271. No description is given of this horizon but has been sampled for selected lab data-natric horizon criteria.