IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Altdorf
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970WI141002
  • User Pedon ID: 70WI141002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1614
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 35222
  • 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: 44.4611130
  • Std. Longitude: -89.8719406
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 23N
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: NW1/4SE1/4SW1/4NE1/4
  • Location Description: Wood County, WI. 800 feet E and 450 feet N of road intersection.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Wisconsin
  • County: WI141—Wood
  • 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: WI141—Wood County, Wisconsin

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Paul H. Carroll
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active, frigid Aeric Glossaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Altdorf
  • Classificaton Date - 7/30/2008
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Altdorf
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1970
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: unconsolidated sediments and/or residuum
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1970 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous 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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    1Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, gray (10YR 6/1) interior and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dry; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A12738. 70L924; many fine roots
    1A2g—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior silt loam; 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium prominent and 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium prominent mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A12739. 70L925; common fine roots; many medium prominent 10YR56 mottles; many medium prominent 10YR58 mottles
    1A&Bg—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior silt loam; 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium prominent and 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium prominent mottles; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 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 # 40A12740. 70L926; strong brown (7.5YR 5/6 to 5/8) heavy silt loam Bt remnants are scattered through the horizon and occupy about 25% of the soil volume; few clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; common fine roots; many medium prominent 10YR56 mottles; many medium prominent 10YR58 mottles
    1B&Ag—43 to 58 centimeters (16.9 to 22.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior and brown (7.5YR 5/2) interior silty clay loam; 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine and medium prominent and 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine and medium prominent and 30 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) fine and medium prominent mottles; strong medium prismatic, and moderate fine angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 fine roots; 55 percent faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A12741. 70L927; grayish brown 2.5Y 5/2 tongues of silt loam, A2 material, penetrate the horizon from above and occupy about 20% of the soil volume; less than 1% fine and medium polished rounded and subrounded quartz pebbles; many clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; few fine roots; many fine and medium prominent 7.5YR56 mottles; many fine and medium prominent 7.5YR58 mottles; many fine and medium prominent 5YR44 mottles
    2B21t—58 to 71 centimeters (22.8 to 28.0 inches); dusky red (10R 3/3) interior and dusky red (10R 3/4) interior clay; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate fine angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 fine roots; faint dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A12742. 70L928; less than 1% fine and medium polished rounded and subrounded quartz pebbles; common fine reddish black 10R 2/1 manganese spots; few fine roots; continuous - phpvsfiid 213175; continuous - phpvsfiid 213175
    2B22t—71 to 97 centimeters (28.0 to 38.2 inches); dusky red (10R 3/4) interior clay; moderate medium prismatic, and weak fine angular blocky structure; very firm; 37 percent faint reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A12743. 70L929; less than 1% fine and medium polished rounded and subrounded quartz pebbles; few light reddish brown 5YR 6/4 weathered rock fragments 1 to 2 mm in size distributed through horizon; common clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores
    2B23t—97 to 124 centimeters (38.2 to 48.8 inches); dusky red (10R 3/3) interior clay; moderate medium and coarse prismatic, and weak medium angular blocky structure; very firm; faint , moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A12744. 70L930; few weathered remnants of schist bedrock and less than 1% rounded and subrounded polished pebbles of quartz; continuous - phpvsfiid 213177; continuous - phpvsfiid 213177
    2B3t—124 to 157 centimeters (48.8 to 61.8 inches); dusky red (10R 3/3) interior clay; weak medium and coarse angular blocky structure; very firm; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A12745. 70L931; nearly continuous clay films along faces of widely spaced cleavage planes; few fine polished rounded and subrounded quartz pebbles
    2C1—157 to 193 centimeters (61.8 to 76.0 inches); dusky red (10R 3/2) interior and dusky red (10R 3/4) interior and dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) interior silty clay loam; structureless very fine platy structure; firm; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A12746. 70L932; many very fine, 1 to 2 mm, light reddish brown 5YR 6/4 weathered fragments from micaceous schist bedrock
    2C2—193 to 236 centimeters (76.0 to 92.9 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) interior and dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) interior and dusky red (10R 3/3) interior very fine sandy loam; weak very fine platy structure; firm; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A12747. 70L933; rock fabric; 5 to 10% fine, approximately 2 mm, rock fragments from micaceous schist bedrock
    2C3—236 to 272 centimeters (92.9 to 107.1 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) interior and pale green (5G 6/2) interior and olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) interior very fine sandy loam; weak very fine platy structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A12748. 70L934; rock fabric; 5 to 10%, approximately 2 mm, rock fragments from micaceous schist rock