IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): BADRIVER
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990WI003003
  • User Pedon ID: S1990WI003003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1990WI003003
  • Transect:
  • User Transect ID - ASH03
  • Transect Stop Number - 5
  • Transect Interval - 50.0
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0370
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63416
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 46.6133347
  • Std. Longitude: -90.7322235
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 48N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 1090 feet south and 1420 feet east of the northwest corner
  • Location Description: Ashland County, Wisconsin.
  • State: Wisconsin
  • County: WI003—Ashland
  • MLRA: 92—Superior Lake Plain

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Kim C. Goerg and Terry L. Kroll
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, frigid Aeric Glossaqualfs
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - BADRIVER
  • PSC - 23 to 74 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/1/2010
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Badriver
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, frigid Aeric Glossaqualf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/15/1990
  • Moisture SUBClass - aeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Slope Position: depression
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/15/1990 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 5
  • 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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ABBA

    ACRU

    POTR5

    Abies balsamea

    Acer rubrum

    Populus tremuloides

    balsam fir

    red maple

    quaking aspen

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

    argillic horizon

    23—147

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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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    189

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    135

    813

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    5

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; friable; 10.0 fine and medium roots and 3.0 coarse roots throughout and ; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P02108; moist when described;
    E—10 to 15 centimeters (3.9 to 5.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; loam; 2 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; weak thick platy, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 fine and medium roots and 1.0 coarse roots throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P02109; moist when described;
    E/B—15 to 23 centimeters (5.9 to 9.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 2.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic-sedimentary fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P02110; moist when described;
    E/B—15 to 23 centimeters (5.9 to 9.1 inches); 60 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; loam; 2 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; fragments. Lab sample # 91P02110. extends into or surrounds remnants of
    B/E—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); 70 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/3) clay loam; fragments. Lab sample # 91P02111. penetrated by
    B/E—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3), pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 2.0 fine and medium roots throughout; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic-sedimentary fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P02111; moist when described;
    Bt—33 to 66 centimeters (13.0 to 26.0 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) clay; moderate coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 medium roots between peds and 2.0 fine roots; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic-sedimentary fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P02112; moist when described;
    Btk1—66 to 102 centimeters (26.0 to 40.2 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 medium roots between peds and 2.0 fine roots; 5 percent fine irregular carbonate nodules and 15 percent fine and medium irregular carbonate masses; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic-sedimentary fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P02113; moist when described;
    Btk2—102 to 147 centimeters (40.2 to 57.9 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) clay; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 1.0 fine roots between peds; 10 percent fine and medium irregular carbonate masses and 5 percent medium irregular carbonate nodules; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic-sedimentary fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P02114; moist when described;
    C—147 to 173 centimeters (57.9 to 68.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) silty clay loam; massive; firm; 1.0 fine roots between peds; 5 percent fine and medium irregular carbonate masses; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic-sedimentary fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 91P02115; moist when described;