IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Cathro
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1976MN0272254
  • User Pedon ID: S1976MN0272254
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - UMNSSL1
  • Lab Pedon # - UMN2254
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47719
  • Print Date: 6/2/2024
  • 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: 46.7221870
  • Std. Longitude: -96.2965164
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 138N
  • Range: 44W
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: 3700 feet south and 1056 feet east of the northwest corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Minnesota
  • County: MN027—Clay
  • MLRA: 102A—Rolling Till Prairie
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-FER—Fergus Falls, Minnesota
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: MN027—Clay County, Minnesota
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46096-F3—Big Slough, Minnesota
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: David Reedstrom
  • 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 - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/24/2012
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cathro
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/12/1976
  • 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
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Geology: Wisconsinan formation.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/12/1976 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - barren land
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other barren
  • 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

    Oa1—0 to 33 centimeters (0.0 to 13.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) moderately decomposed plant material; weak very fine granular structure; very fluid; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN225401; moist when described;
    Oa2—33 to 53 centimeters (13.0 to 20.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) moderately decomposed plant material; weak very fine granular structure; very fluid; fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # MN225402; moist when described;
    2Cg1—53 to 102 centimeters (20.9 to 40.2 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very fluid; fragments; violent effervescence; clear smooth boundary.; moist when described;
    2Cg2—102 to 152 centimeters (40.2 to 59.8 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very fluid; fragments; violent effervescence. Lab sample # MN225404; moist when described;