IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cathro
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970MN0011108
  • User Pedon ID: S1970MN0011108
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN1108
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 49020
  • 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: 46.5367432
  • Std. Longitude: -93.6864166
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 47N
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: 1188 feet north of the southwest corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN001—Aitkin
  • MLRA: 90A—Wisconsin and Minnesota Thin Loess and Till
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-RHI—Rhinelander, Wisconsin
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN001—Aitkin County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46093-E6—Aitkin, Minnesota
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Unknown
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, isotic, nonacid, frigid Histic Humaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cathro
  • Classificaton Date - 2/13/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Twig
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/29/2010
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed
  • QA Status: not reviewed


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: organic material over coarse-loamy till
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/29/2010 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • 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

    1

    Oa1—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); peat; moderate fine granular, and moderate very fine granular structure; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; gradual wavy boundary.
    Oa2—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) muck; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN110801
    Oe—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) mucky peat; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN110802
    Oa3—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) mucky silt loam; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN110803
    A—46 to 51 centimeters (18.1 to 20.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silt loam; massive; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary.
    Bg1—51 to 66 centimeters (20.1 to 26.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) fine sandy loam; massive; 21 percent medium prominent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 21 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN110804
    Bg2—66 to 91 centimeters (26.0 to 35.8 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) and dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2) fine sandy loam; moderate fine platy structure; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN110805
    Bg3—91 to 122 centimeters (35.8 to 48.0 inches); dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2) fine sandy loam; moderate fine platy structure; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN110806
    Cg—122 to 178 centimeters (48.0 to 70.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) fine sandy loam; weak fine platy structure; fragments. Lab sample # MN110807