IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Vilas
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • Local Phase: mixed
  • User Site ID: S1957WI073002
  • User Pedon ID: S1957WI073002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1564
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 35172
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 44.8452797
  • Std. Longitude: -89.7133331
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 27N
  • Range: 7E
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: southeast 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: Sandy, mixed, frigid Entic Haplorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Vilas
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/19/2018
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Omega
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, frigid Typic Haplorthods
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/30/1957
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • 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
    • 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 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); moderately decomposed plant material; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A12309. Horizon was originally Aoo&Ao.
    A—2 to 7 centimeters (0.8 to 2.8 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 # 40A12310. 1 to 2 inches thick.
    E—7 to 11 centimeters (2.8 to 4.3 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) and very dark gray (10YR 3/1) loamy sand; weak coarse platy structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A12311. 1 to 3 inches thick.
    Bs1—11 to 22 centimeters (4.3 to 8.7 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 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A12312. 3 to 6 inches thick. Two core samples taken at 3.5 to 6.5 inches.
    Bs2—22 to 48 centimeters (8.7 to 18.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) and brown (7.5YR 4/4) sand, loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A12313. 8 to 13 inches thick.
    BC—48 to 68 centimeters (18.9 to 26.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) sand, gravel; weak medium subangular blocky parts to single grain; loose; 0.5 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A12314. 6 to 10 inches thick.
    C1—68 to 83 centimeters (26.8 to 32.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) gravelly sand; single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A12315. 7 to 10 inches thick.
    C2—83 to 137 centimeters (32.7 to 53.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A12316. Two core samples taken at 33 to 36 inches.