IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Cloquet
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1979MN1373212
User Pedon ID:
S1979MN1373212
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
UMNSSL2
Lab Pedon # -
UMN3212
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
82891
Print Date:
2/3/2025
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:
47.0059166
Std. Longitude:
-92.0139389
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
52N
Range:
13W
Section:
8
PLSS Details:
1650 feet south and 2000 feet west of the northeast corner
Country:
US—United States
State:
Minnesota
County:
MN137—St. Louis
MLRA:
93A—Superior and Rainy Stony and Rocky Till Plains and Moraines
Regional Office:
NC—North Central
MLRA Soil Survey Area:
NC-DUL—Duluth, Minnesota
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
MN137—St. Louis County, Minnesota
7.5 Minute USGS Quad:
47092-A1—Thompson Lake, Minnesota
PEDON
Describers Name:
Jerry Sharp
Current Taxonomic Class:
Coarse-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, frigid
Current Taxon Kind:
taxadjunct
Pedon Type:
not classified to current taxon name
Pedon Purpose:
laboratory sampling site
Pedon Record Orgin:
U of MN lab data only
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Cloquet
Taxonomic Class -
Coarse-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, frigid
Taxon Kind -
taxadjunct
PSC -
25 to 102 cm.
Classificaton Date -
10/10/1979
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
1
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
Certification Status:
not certified
QC Status:
not reviewed
QA Status:
not reviewed
SITE
Parent Material:
loess over outwash
Landform:
outwash plain
Slope Shape Across:
convex
Slope Shape Down:
convex
Drainage Class:
somewhat excessively
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
10/10/1979 (actual site observation date)
Surface Cover Properties:
Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 -
conifers
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
4
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436
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A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very gravelly coarse sandy loam; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, pH meter. Lab sample # MN321201
Bw1—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); very gravelly loam; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH meter. Lab sample # MN321202
Bw2—15 to 36 centimeters (5.9 to 14.2 inches); extremely gravelly coarse sandy loam; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, pH meter. Lab sample # MN321203