IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kennan
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979WI073001
  • User Pedon ID: S1979WI073001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1979WI073001
  • User Site Association ID: Shaunna_skeletonsdoublecheckafterupdate
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - LIMS
  • Lab Pedon # - 80P0056
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 47286
  • 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: 44.8726700
  • Std. Longitude: -89.4002600
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 28N
  • Range: 9E
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 250 feet north and 2000 feet east of the 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: William Fiala
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Haplic Glossudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Kennan
  • Classificaton Date - 7/10/1978
  • Classifier - Unknown
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kennan
  • Taxonomic Class - Typic Glossoboralfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/10/1978
  • Classifier - Bill Fiala
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Pedon Vegetation and Crop Cover Information:
  • Current Crop - alfalfa hay
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy and loamy till
  • Landform: moraine
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/10/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Bill Fiala
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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

    MEDIC

    BROMU

    PHLEU

    Medicago

    Bromus

    Phleum

    alfalfa

    brome

    timothy

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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

    1

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    404

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    45

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; sandy loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 5 percent by volume nonflat 2-20-76 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 80P00249
    E/B—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); 80 percent brown (10YR 5/3) and 20 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), 10YR 7/ (10YR 7/),, dry; sandy loam; weak thin platy parts to moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 5 percent by volume nonflat 2-20-76 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P00250. A2 surrounds remnants of B
    B/E—41 to 66 centimeters (16.1 to 26.0 inches); 30 percent brown (10YR 5/3) and 70 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) sandy loam; 40 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; faint clay films; 10 percent by volume nonflat 2-20-76 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P00251. A2 tongues through this horizons
    Bt1—66 to 102 centimeters (26.0 to 40.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sandy loam; 15 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; faint clay films; 2 percent by volume nonflat 76-163-250 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 10 percent by volume nonflat 2-20-76 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 80P00252. 10YR5/3 A2 fingers into upper 6" of this horizon
    Bt2—102 to 122 centimeters (40.2 to 48.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2 percent by volume nonflat 76-163-250 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 10 percent by volume nonflat 2-20-76 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; gradual wavy boundary.
    C—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) loamy sand; structureless massive; friable; 2 percent by volume nonflat 76-163-250 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 10 percent by volume nonflat 2-20-76 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified.