IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cathro
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: U04MI131005
  • User Pedon ID: S2004MI131005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: U04MI131005
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 04N1131
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 16506
  • 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: 46.5573730
  • Std. Longitude: -89.6998901
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Hwy 28 near Gogebic County
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Michigan
  • County: MI131—Ontonagon
  • MLRA: 93B—Superior Stony and Rocky Loamy Plains and Hills

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Bill Anzalone
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Loamy, mixed, euic, frigid Terric Haplosaprists
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Windows Pedon
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cathro
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, mixed, euic, frigid Terric Haplosaprists
  • PSC - 69 to 99 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/7/2004
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: woody organic material over sandy and silty till
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: bog
  • Slope Position: depression
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Ponding: frequent ponding for brief periods begining in mar
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/7/2004 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 10039-195
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACRU

    BEPA

    CAREX

    FRNI

    LOCA7

    OSCI

    THOC2

    TRBO2

    Acer rubrum

    Betula papyrifera

    Carex

    Fraxinus nigra

    Lonicera canadensis

    Osmunda cinnamomea

    Thuja occidentalis

    Trientalis borealis

    red maple

    paper birch

    sedge

    black ash

    American fly honeysuckle

    cinnamon fern

    arborvitae

    starflower

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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

    0.5

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    Oe1—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (5YR 2/1) broken face and black (5YR 2/1) rubbed and black (5YR 2/1) crushed peat; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 13.0 very fine to coarse roots and 2.0 very coarse roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N06548; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    Oe2—20 to 46 centimeters (7.9 to 18.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) broken face and black (5YR 2/1) rubbed and black (5YR 2/1) crushed peat; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 20 percent by volume wood fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH meter; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    Oa—46 to 69 centimeters (18.1 to 27.2 inches); black (5YR 2/1) broken face and black (5YR 2/1) rubbed and black (5YR 2/1) crushed mucky peat; massive; very friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    Cg—69 to 81 centimeters (27.2 to 31.9 inches); dark gray (5YR 4/1) fine sandy loam; massive; friable; 10 percent coarse prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; 5 percent by volume nonflat 2-30-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume nonflat 75-150-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary.; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    C1—81 to 117 centimeters (31.9 to 46.1 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) gravelly fine sandy loam; massive; friable; 15 percent coarse prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/6), moist,; 5 percent by volume nonflat 75-150-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat 2-30-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, pH meter; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket
    C2—117 to 152 centimeters (46.1 to 59.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) gravelly silt loam; massive; firm; 5 percent by volume nonflat 75-100-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume nonflat 2-30-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH meter.; moist when described; observed in auger, bucket