IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Menahga
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1957WI073001
  • User Pedon ID: S1957WI073001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1957WI073001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1563
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 35171
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 44.8441658
  • Std. Longitude: -89.6841660
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 27N
  • Range: 7E
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: 3 miles east of southwest corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Wisconsin
  • County: WI073—Marathon
  • 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: WI073—Marathon County, Wisconsin

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: A.J. Klingelhoets, G.B. Lee, William DeYoung, and R.H. Jordan
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, frigid Typic Udipsamments
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Menahga
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Omega
  • Classificaton Date - 10/30/1957
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/30/1957 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    PIBA2

    QUVE

    VACCI

    Pinus banksiana

    Quercus velutina

    Vaccinium

    jack pine

    black oak

    blueberry

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    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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    Aoo\Ao—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A12301. Horizon was originally Aoo&Ao.
    A1—2 to 6 centimeters (0.8 to 2.4 inches); black (10YR 2/1) loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A12302. 1 to 3 inches thick.
    A2—6 to 8 centimeters (2.4 to 3.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loamy sand; weak coarse platy structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A12303. Included with sample above. 1/2 to 1 1/2 inches thick.
    Birh—8 to 17 centimeters (3.1 to 6.7 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) and dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) loamy sand; massive parts to weak medium subangular blocky; very friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A12304. 3 to 5 inches thick. Two core samples at 3 to 6 inches.
    Bir—17 to 48 centimeters (6.7 to 18.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) and brown (7.5YR 4/4) loamy sand, sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A12305. 9 to 15 inches thick.
    B3—48 to 66 centimeters (18.9 to 26.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; loose; 0.5 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A12306. 5 to 8 inches thick.
    C1—66 to 81 centimeters (26.0 to 31.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) coarse sand; single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A12307. 5 to 11 inches thick.
    C2—81 to 139 centimeters (31.9 to 54.7 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A12308. Two core samples at 37 to 40 inches.