IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Houghton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974WI055002
  • User Pedon ID: 74WI055002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1644
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 35252
  • Print Date: 4/26/2025

    • 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: 43.0394440
  • Std. Longitude: -88.5991669
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 7N
  • Range: 16E
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4, SW 1/4, 576 feet N from center of road opposite farmhouse.
  • Location Description: Jefferson County, WI.
  • State: Wisconsin
  • County: WI055—Jefferson
  • MLRA: 95—Eastern Wisconsin, Northern Illinois, and Upper Michigan Drift Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WI055—Jefferson County, Wisconsin

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: G.W. Hudelson and C.L. Glocker
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Euic, mesic Typic Haplosaprists
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Houghton
  • Classificaton Date - 7/30/2008
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Houghton
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: drumlin
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1974 (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
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    79

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    9

    23

    -6

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    1Oap—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); black (N 2/0) interior and black (10YR 2/1) crushed Error; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A12987. 74L1483; 60% fiber, less than 2% rubbed; fibers primarily herbaceous; about 10% mineral soil material
    1Oa2—28 to 61 centimeters (11.0 to 24.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior and black (10YR 2/1) crushed Error; weak coarse prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A12988. 74L1484; 88% fiber; less than 2% rubbed; fibers primarily herbaceous; about 10 to 15% mineral soil material
    1Oa3—61 to 84 centimeters (24.0 to 33.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior and black (10YR 2/1) crushed Error; weak fine platy, and structureless massive; very friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A12989. 74L1485; 68% fiber; 4% rubbed; fibers primarily herbaceous; about 10 to 15% mineral soil material
    1Oa4—84 to 109 centimeters (33.1 to 42.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) crushed Error; structureless massive; very friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A12990. 74L1486; 72% fiber, 4% rubbed; fibers primarily herbaceous; about 10 to 15% mineral soil material
    1Oa5—109 to 127 centimeters (42.9 to 50.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior and very dark gray (10YR 3/1) crushed Error; structureless massive, and weak fine platy; very friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A12991. 74L1487; about 25 to 30% fiber, less than 5% rubbed; fibers primarily herbaceous; about 15% mineral soil material
    1Oa6—127 to 183 centimeters (50.0 to 72.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) crushed Error; weak fine platy structure; very friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A12992. 74L1488; about 15 to 20% fiber, less than 5% rubbed; fibers primarily herbaceous; about 15% mineral soil material