IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Keweenaw
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988WI069228
  • User Pedon ID: 88WI069228
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0548
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60666
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 45.5152779
  • Std. Longitude: -89.5575027
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 34N
  • Range: 7E
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: 2010 feet N and 1450 feet E of the SW corner
  • Location Description: Photo 279-39.
  • State: Wisconsin
  • County: WI069—Lincoln

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: M. Mitchell, R. Yeck, H. Gundlach, J. Campbell
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, frigid Alfic Haplorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 228
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Keweenaw
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Keweenaw
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, frigid Alfic Haplorthod
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/1/1988
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/1/1988 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • 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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    1A—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, gray (10YR 5/1) interior, dry; sandy loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 5.5 roots; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P02759. many roots
    1E—13 to 15 centimeters (5.1 to 5.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) interior, pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2) interior, dry; sandy loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 5.5 roots; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 6 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, hellige-truog; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # 88P02760. Common worm casts of (10YR 3/1) color.; many roots
    1Bs1—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) interior sandy loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 5.5 roots; 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 9 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P02761. many roots
    1Bs2—33 to 61 centimeters (13.0 to 24.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior loamy sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 5.5 roots; 3 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P02762. many roots
    1E/B—61 to 104 centimeters (24.0 to 40.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3) interior and reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior, pink (7.5YR 7/4) interior, dry; sand, loamy sand; weak medium platy, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; 2.5 roots; 3 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 8 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P02763. E part 80% very friable, B part 20% friable. This (5YR 3/4) clay bridges at contact points between mineral grains. Bt occurs as peds surrounded by E material.; common roots
    1B/E—104 to 152 centimeters (40.9 to 59.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior and brown (7.5YR 5/3) interior, pink (7.5YR 7/4) interior, dry; sandy loam, loamy sand; moderate fine subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium platy structure; 2.5 roots; 15 percent distinct reddish brown (5YR 5/3) clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent faint reddish brown (5YR 5/3) clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) clay films between sand grains; 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 8 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P02764. E tongues into Bt material and also surrounds some isolated peds of Bt material; loamy sand parts of Bt have many thin (5YR 3/4) clay bridges between mineral grains; sandy loam parts have many thin (5YR 3/4) clay bridges and many thin (5YR 5; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few clay films surface features between sand grains; common roots
    1B—104 to 152 centimeters (40.9 to 59.8 inches); sandy loam; fragments. Lab sample # 88P02769. B part of B and E.
    1E—104 to 152 centimeters (40.9 to 59.8 inches); loam; fragments. Lab sample # 88P02768. E part of B and E.
    1Bt1—152 to 188 centimeters (59.8 to 74.0 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) interior and reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior loamy sand, sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 roots; 15 percent distinct reddish brown (5YR 5/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent distinct reddish brown (5YR 5/3), moist, clay films between sand grains and 55 percent distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist, clay films between sand grains; 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 8 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P02765. Vertical faces of prisms have clean sand grains; fingers of (7.5YR 5/3) E material penetrate along the vertical cracks (1-10 mm wide); common to many thin to thick (5YR 3/4) clay bridging between mineral grains and common thin (5YR 5/3) clay; few clay films surface features between sand grains; many clay films surface features between sand grains; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; common roots
    1Bt2—188 to 246 centimeters (74.0 to 96.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior and reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior loamy sand, sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic, and weak coarse angular blocky structure; 0.5 roots; 37 percent faint dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist, clay films between sand grains; 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 8 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P02766. 1-5 mm wide fingers of (7.5YR 5/3) E material penetrates along vertical cracks (faces of prisms) clean sand grains on these faces; maore clay bridges in sandy loam parts.; common clay films surface features between sand grains; few roots
    1C—246 to 302 centimeters (96.9 to 118.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) interior loamy sand; massive; very friable; 0.5 roots; 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 8 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 88P02767. Possibly still part of Bt2; massive material has vertical cracks with 1-2 mm wide fingers of E material following cracks (7.5YR 5/3); no evident structure or clay films adjacent to cracks.; few roots