IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Withee
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970WI073002
  • User Pedon ID: 70WI073002
  • User Site Association ID: MLRA 90B - Loyal Catena DSM Spatial Update
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1654
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 44.7172203
  • Std. Longitude: -89.9866638
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 26N
  • Range: 4E
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: SW1/4SW1/4
  • Location Description: Marathon County, WI. 130 feet E of fence, directly N of elm trees.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Wisconsin
  • County: WI073—Marathon
  • MLRA: 90B—Central Wisconsin Thin Loess Dissected Till Plain
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-RHI—Rhinelander, Wisconsin
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WI073—Marathon County, Wisconsin

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Paul H. Carroll
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Aquic Glossudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Withee
  • Classificaton Date - 7/30/2008
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Milladore Tax.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1970
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess and/or residuum weathered from gneiss
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1970 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • 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
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    1Ap1—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dry; silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.5 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13065. 70L870; many fine roots
    1Ap2—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dry; silt loam; weak medium platy, and weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.5 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13066. 70L871; many fine roots
    1A2—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior silt loam; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent and 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine prominent and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; weak fine platy structure; friable; 2.5 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A13067. 70L872; common fine roots; common fine prominent 7.5YR56 mottles; common fine prominent 7.5YR58 mottles; common fine prominent 10YR56 mottles
    1A&B—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silt loam; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct and 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine and medium distinct and 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine and medium prominent mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 15 percent faint , moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A13068. 70L873; thick brown 10YR 5/3 tongues of light silt loam penetrate this horizon from the A2 above and occupy approximately 70% of the horizon; very friable; few clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; few fine roots; many fine and medium distinct 7.5YR56 mottles; many fine and medium prominent 7.5YR58 mottles; few fine distinct 10YR52 mottles
    1B&A—51 to 66 centimeters (20.1 to 26.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silt loam; 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct and 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 37 percent faint , moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A13069. 70L874; tongues of grayish brown 10YR 5/2 silt loam penetrate this horizon from above and occupy approximately 40% of the horizon; common clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; many fine distinct 7.5YR56 mottles; many fine prominent 7.5YR58 mottles
    2B21t—66 to 89 centimeters (26.0 to 35.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior gravelly loam; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct and 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium prominent mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; , moist, clay bridges between sand grains and 37 percent faint , moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A13070. 70L875; patchy thin coatings of uncoated silt and very fine sand on faces of some peds near upper bdry.; hzn. has gravel accumulation consisting of 15% by volume of fine subangular rock fragments 20 to 75 mm, approx. the same amount between; common clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; common medium distinct 7.5YR56 mottles; common medium prominent 7.5YR58 mottles
    2B22t—89 to 122 centimeters (35.0 to 48.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior sandy clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; firm; , moist, clay bridges between sand grains and 37 percent faint , moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A13071. 70L876; 1 to 2% by volume of rock fragments 20 to 75 mm diameter, 5 to 10% fragments 2 to 75 mm in diameter; common clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; few medium distinct 7.5YR56 mottles
    2B3t—122 to 163 centimeters (48.0 to 64.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior sandy clay loam; weak coarse angular blocky structure; firm; , moist, clay bridges between sand grains; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A13072. 70L877; 1 to 2% by volume of rock fragments 20 to 75 mm in diameter, 10 to 15% fragments, 2 to 75 mm in diameter
    2C1—163 to 198 centimeters (64.2 to 78.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior and reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior and olive (5Y 5/4) interior gravelly sandy loam, gravelly loam; weak coarse angular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A13073. 70L878; 5% by volume of fragments 20 to 75 mm in diameter, about 20% 2 to 75 mm in diameter
    2C2—198 to 239 centimeters (78.0 to 94.1 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) interior and dark olive gray (5Y 3/2) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior; structureless massive; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A13074. 70L879; disintegrated gneissic bedrock consisting of fragments mostly 2 to 7 mm in diameter