IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fairchild
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973WI035002
  • User Pedon ID: S1973WI035002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1973WI035002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5515
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42758
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 44.6691628
  • Std. Longitude: -90.9629135
  • Datum: WGS84
  • GPS - Positional Error: 10.00
  • Township: 25N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: 150 feet north and 100 feet west of the southeast corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Wisconsin
  • County: WI035—Eau Claire
  • MLRA: 89—Wisconsin Central Sands
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-ONA—Onalaska, Wisconsin
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WI035—Eau Claire County, Wisconsin

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Unknown
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy over loamy, siliceous, superactive, frigid Ultic Epiaquods
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Fairchild
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/29/2009
  • Classifier - Unknown
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fairchild
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy over loamy, siliceous, semiactive, frigid Ultic Epiaquods
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1973
  • Classifier - Unknown
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: residuum weathered from sandstone and shale
  • Landscape: gently sloping upland
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • RaCA Information:
  • Plot/Site Set Up By - Unknown
  • Plot or Site Recorder - Unknown

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1973 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Unknown
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • 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

    ACRU

    BETUL

    PIAL

    PIBA2

    QUERC

    Acer rubrum

    Betula

    Pinus albicaulis

    Pinus banksiana

    Quercus

    red maple

    birch

    whitebark pine

    jack pine

    oak

    tree

    tree

    tree

    tree

    tree

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    spodic horizon

    spodic materials

    argillic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    ochric epipedon

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

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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

    3

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    775

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    128

    6

    21

    -7

    10

    23

    0

    533

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    0000WAUG

    AUGUSTA WISCONSIN, WI US

    NOAA
    A1—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1) loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41434
    A2—3 to 25 centimeters (1.2 to 9.8 inches); pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) loamy sand; single grain; loose; 21.0 roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41435
    Bhr21—25 to 33 centimeters (9.8 to 13.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) loamy fine sand; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) medium faint and brown (10YR 5/3) medium faint mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 21.0 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41436
    Br22—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) loamy fine sand; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) medium faint and brown (10YR 5/3) medium faint mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A41437
    A2—48 to 81 centimeters (18.9 to 31.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) sand; brown (10YR 5/3) medium faint and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium faint and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41438
    2Bt2—81 to 99 centimeters (31.9 to 39.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) loam; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) medium distinct and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) medium distinct and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) medium prominent mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; thin clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A41439. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1917493; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1917493
    3C—99 to 152 centimeters (39.0 to 59.8 inches); bedrock; brown (7.5YR 4/4) coarse prominent and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) coarse prominent mottles; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A41440