LOCATION CANTLIN MNEstablished Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Mixed, frigid Typic Udipsamments
TYPICAL PEDON: Cantlin loamy fine sand, on a slope of 1 percent, on an outwash plain, in a cultivated field. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise stated.)
Ap--0 to 8 inches; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loamy fine sand, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) dry; weak very fine granular structure very friable; moderately acid; abrupt smooth boundary. (2 to 10 inches thick)
Bw--8 to 22 inches; brown (10YR 4/3) loamy fine sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; moderately acid; gradual wavy boundary. (10 to 36 inches thick)
BC--22 to 46 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sand; single grain; loose: moderately acid; gradual wavy boundary. (0 to 24 inches thick)
C1--46 to 55 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sand; few fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) Fe concentrations; single grain; loose; slightly acid; gradual wavy boundary.
C2--55 to 80 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sand; common fine distinct dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) Fe depletions and common fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) Fe concentrations; single grain; loose; slightly acid.
TYPE LOCATION: Sherburne County, Minnesota; about 2 miles southwest of Princeton, Minnesota; 1000 feet south and 40 feet west of northeast corner of section 12, T. 35 N., R. 27 W.; USGS Princeton SW quadrangle; lat. 45 degrees 32 minutes 31 seconds N. and long. 93 degrees 38 minutes 6 seconds W., NAD83.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS: The series control section does not have rock fragments. The particle size control section averages more than 50 percent fine sand. Medium and coarser sand commonly make up less than 25 percent of the sand fraction and less than 15 percent of it is retained on the No. 40 sieve.
The A or Ap horizon has hue of 10YR, value of 2 or 3 and chroma of 1 to 3. It is loamy fine sand, fine sand, sand or loamy sand. The reaction is strongly acid or moderately acid.
The Bw and BC horizon have hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value and chroma of 3 to 5. It is fine sand or loamy fine sand, but loamy sand in the upper part of the B horizon is within the range. The reaction is strongly acid or moderately acid. Some pedons have reddish brown weakly cemented Fe concentrations.
The C horizon has hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 5 or 6 and chroma of 2 to 4. It is fine sand or sand. It is moderately acid or slightly acid.
COMPETING SERIES: These are the Abbeylake, Akeley (T), Champlain, Claire, Corliss, Feldtmann (T), Friendship, Grayling, Mahtomedi, Menahga, Nymore, Plainbo, Sarte11, Serden, Shawano, and Sunday soils. Abbeylake, Akeley, Champlain, Claire, Corliss, Feldtman (T), Grayling, Mahtomedi, Menahga, Nymore, Plainbo, Sartell, Serden, Shawano, and Sunday soils do not have soil saturation within the series control section. Friendship soils have less than 50 percent fine sand in the series control section.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: These soils typically are on nearly level to slight rises on outwash plains. This soil formed in deeply leached, gravel free, sands that are mostly of eolian or glaciofluvial in origin. Slopes range from 0 to 3 percent. Mean annual air temperature ranges from 37 to 45 degrees F. Mean annual precipitation ranges from 24 to 30 inches. Frost free period is 90 to 150 days. Elevation above sea level ranges from 670 to 1600 feet.
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are excessively drained Sartell and Zimmerman soils, the somewhat poorly drained Lino soils, and the poorly and very poorly drained Isanti soils, which are members of a hydrosequence with the Cantlin soils. Very poorly drained Markey soils are also associated.
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Well drained. Surface runoff is low. Permeability is rapid. The apparent water table is at 3.5 to 6 feet during April to June in most years.
USE AND VEGETATION: These soils are used to grow small grain, soybeans, corn, and forage. Other areas are in forest. Native vegetation primarily is savanna with forest species such as northern red oak, bur oak, and aspens.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Primarily east-central Minnesota; MLRA 91 inextensive.
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: St. Paul, Minnesota
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Sherburne County, Minnesota, 1994.
REMARKS: Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon are: ochric epipedon - the zone from the surface to 8 inches; udic moisture regime.
ADDITIONAL DATA: Soil Interpretation Record number MN0738.