IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cathro
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978MN1132691
  • User Pedon ID: S1978MN1132691
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN2691
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47893
  • Print Date: 4/23/2025

    • 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: 48.1530800
  • Std. Longitude: -96.4590302
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 154N
  • Range: 45W
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: 150 feet north and 500 feet west of the southeast corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN113—Pennington
  • MLRA: 56—Red River Valley of the North
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-FAR—Fargo, North Dakota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN113—Pennington County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 48096-B4—Viking, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Unknown
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, euic, frigid Terric Haplosaprists
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Unknown
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Cathro
  • PSC - 0 to 0 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/2/2011
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cathro
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/10/1978
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: level 2
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: organic material over gray till
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/10/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - rangeland, grassland
  • 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
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    Oa1—0 to 41 centimeters (0.0 to 16.1 inches); black (7.5YR 2.5/1) moderately decomposed plant material; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described;
    Oa2—41 to 56 centimeters (16.1 to 22.0 inches); black (7.5YR 2.5/1) moderately decomposed plant material; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described;
    2A—56 to 64 centimeters (22.0 to 25.2 inches); black (7.5YR 2.5/1) Error; friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # MN269101; moist when described;
    2Bg—64 to 69 centimeters (25.2 to 27.2 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) sandy loam; friable; 1 percent fine dark gray (5Y 4/1), moist, masses of reduced iron; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN269102; moist when described;
    2Cg1—69 to 81 centimeters (27.2 to 31.9 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) loam; friable; 1 percent gray (5Y 6/1), moist, masses of reduced iron and 11 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # MN269103; moist when described;
    2Cg2—81 to 99 centimeters (31.9 to 39.0 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) loam; friable; 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent olive (5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # MN269104; moist when described;
    2Cg3—99 to 127 centimeters (39.0 to 50.0 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) loam; friable; 1 percent fine gray (5Y 6/1), moist, masses of reduced iron and 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # MN269105; moist when described;
    2Cg4—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); gray (N 5/), clay loam; firm; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent olive (5Y 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron and 33 percent olive yellow (5Y 6/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # MN269106; moist when described;