IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Vilas
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1949WI007001
  • User Pedon ID: 49WI007001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2030
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36188
  • 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: 46.6688881
  • Std. Longitude: -91.2177811
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 48N
  • Range: 7W
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4
  • Location Description: Bayfield County, WI. about 1/4 mile S of junction of earth rd and rd to tower.
  • State: Wisconsin
  • County: WI007—Bayfield

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ableiter, Nygard, Muckenhirn, and Kilmer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, frigid Entic Haplorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Vilas
  • Classificaton Date - 7/30/2008
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kalkaska Variant
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1949
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: upland slope
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1949 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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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    90

    76

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    6

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    O1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior; very friable; 5.5 roots; fragments. Lab sample # 40A16161. 49997; peaty organic matter, poorly decomposed; gray sand grains, bits of twigs, bark, leaves, and wood fragments; fungal mycelium and some gray particles present; constitutes a definite fairly strong mat on the surface; many roots
    A2—3 to 23 centimeters (1.2 to 9.1 inches); reddish gray (5YR 5/2) interior, pinkish gray (5YR 7/2) interior, dry; sand; weak subangular blocky, and weak granular structure; very friable; 5.5 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; abrupt irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A16162. 49998; many roots
    B21hir—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) interior and reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior, light reddish brown (5YR 6/4) interior and light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior, dry; loamy sand; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A16163. 49999; cemented ortstein in places which are angular and difficult to crush; orterde is more yellowish brown and crushes easily; roots penetrate this horizon vertically but are more extensive at top and bottom where they are horizontally ext
    B22irx—36 to 72 centimeters (14.2 to 28.3 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior, light reddish brown (5YR 6/4) interior, dry; loamy sand; 0.5 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A16164. 491000; slightly cemented in place parting to subangular blocks which crush easily; roots are concentrated where the material is looser; irregular boundary with tongues extending into lower horizon; few roots
    B3x—72 to 107 centimeters (28.3 to 42.1 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4) interior, reddish brown (5YR 5/4) interior and light reddish brown (5YR 6/4) interior, dry; loamy sand; hard, firm; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A16165. 491001; cemented in place parting to irregular fragments when disturbed; rounded pebbles of sandstone, basalt, gneiss, and granite
    2C1x—107 to 138 centimeters (42.1 to 54.3 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior, light reddish brown (5YR 6/4) interior, dry; sandy loam; very hard, firm; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A16166. 491002; moderately cemented in place parting to fragments which crush with moderate resistance
    2C2x—138 to 166 centimeters (54.3 to 65.4 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior, light reddish brown (5YR 6/3) interior, dry; fine sandy loam; hard, firm; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A16167. 491003; weakly cemented in place parting to irregular fragments when disturbed; about 60% of the pebbles present are hard sandstone, with basalt, granite, and slate rocks making up the remainder