IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fence
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1972WI041006
  • User Pedon ID: 72WI041006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1634
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 45.4461098
  • Std. Longitude: -88.7649994
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 34N
  • Range: 14E
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: SW 1/4, NE 1/4
  • Location Description: Forest County, WI. near county road W and Switzer Point Road.
  • State: Wisconsin
  • County: WI041—Forest
  • MLRA: 90A—Wisconsin and Minnesota Thin Loess and Till
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WI041—Forest County, Wisconsin

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Steve Payne and Robert Fox
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed, superactive, frigid Alfic Oxyaquic Haplorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Fence
  • Classificaton Date - 7/30/2008
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fence
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1972
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1972 (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

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    76

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    O1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) interior; weak fine granular structure; 5.5 roots; fragments; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A12904. organic matter; a few sand grains; many roots
    A2—5 to 8 centimeters (2.0 to 3.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) interior very fine sandy loam; weak medium platy structure; very friable; 5.5 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A12905. 72L850; many roots
    B21hir—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) interior and brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior very fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and structureless fine granular structure; very friable; 5.5 roots; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A12906. 72L851; many roots
    B22ir—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior very fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 5.5 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A12907. 72L852; many roots
    A'2—41 to 58 centimeters (16.1 to 22.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior and brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior very fine sandy loam; weak medium platy, and weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A12908. 72L853; silt coatings on faces of peds; vesicular; few roots
    A&B'—58 to 71 centimeters (22.8 to 28.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior silt loam; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) fine prominent and 1 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) fine faint mottles; weak fine platy, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A12909. 72L854; vesicular; few roots; few fine prominent 5YR58 mottles; few fine faint 5YR44 mottles
    B&A'—71 to 81 centimeters (28.0 to 31.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) interior and brown (10YR 5/3) interior silt loam; 1 percent 5YR 4/8 (5YR 4/8) medium prominent mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; 15 percent , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A12910. 72L855; few lenses of fine sand at the boundary of the A&B' and B&A' horizons; vesicular; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few roots; few medium prominent 5YR48 mottles; patchy - phpvsfiid 228297; patchy - phpvsfiid 228297
    B'21t—81 to 124 centimeters (31.9 to 48.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior silt loam; 1 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) fine faint and 1 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) fine faint mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 0.5 roots; 55 percent prominent , moist, clay films; 1 percent iron concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A12911. 72L856; few iron concretions concentrations; many clay films surface features; few roots; few fine faint 5YR44 mottles; few fine faint 5YR33 mottles; patchy - phpvsfiid 228298; patchy - phpvsfiid 228298
    B'22t—124 to 155 centimeters (48.8 to 61.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3) interior silt loam; 11 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) medium prominent and 11 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 37 percent prominent , moist, clay films; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A12912. 72L857; common clay films surface features; common medium prominent 5YR46 mottles; common medium prominent 5YR56 mottles; patchy - phpvsfiid 228299; patchy - phpvsfiid 228299
    B'3t—155 to 185 centimeters (61.0 to 72.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior silt loam; 11 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent , moist, clay films; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A12913. 72L858; a few dark specks and streaks of dark reddish brown 5YR 3/3 and 3/2; few clay films surface features; common medium distinct 5YR46 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 228300; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 228300
    C—185 to 218 centimeters (72.8 to 85.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior silt; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A12914. 72L859; few iron-manganese concretions concentrations; few medium distinct 5YR56 mottles