IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sarona
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986WI037002
  • User Pedon ID: 86WI037002
  • User Site Association ID: MLRA 90A - Langlade Lobe Drumlins DSM Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0127
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 45.7569427
  • Std. Longitude: -88.3244476
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 38N
  • Range: 17E
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: 2750 feet S and 10 feet W of NE corner
  • State: Wisconsin
  • County: WI037—Florence
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WI037—Florence County, Wisconsin

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Larry Natzke and David Hvizdak
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, 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 #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sarona
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2006
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sarona
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, frigid Alfic Haplorthod
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1986
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: dead ice moraine
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1986 (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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    Oe—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); partially decomposed organic matter; fragments. Partially and highly decomposed forest litter.
    A—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) interior fine sandy loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 5.5 roots; 22 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 22 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P00723. 2 percent gravel.; many roots
    E—8 to 13 centimeters (3.1 to 5.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) interior fine sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.5 roots; 22 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 22 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; diffuse boundary. Lab sample # 87P00724. 2 percent gravel.; many roots
    Bs1—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior fine sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 roots; 22 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 22 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P00725. 2 percent gravel.; common roots
    Bs2—23 to 59 centimeters (9.1 to 23.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior fine sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 roots; 22 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 22 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P00726. 2 percent gravel.; common roots
    B/E—59 to 110 centimeters (23.2 to 43.3 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior sandy loam; weak coarse platy, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 87P00727. (Bt comprising 70 percent of the horizon with tongues of brown (7.5YR 5/4) sand loam (E). Few faint dark brown clay films on faces of Bt peds. 12 percent gravel.; few roots
    C—110 to 155 centimeters (43.3 to 61.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior loamy sand; massive; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 87P00728. 12 percent gravel.