IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Miskoaki
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990WI031013
  • User Pedon ID: S1990WI031013
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Print Date: 4/27/2025

    • 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: 46.5802727
  • Std. Longitude: -92.0521240
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 47N
  • Range: 13W
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: Douglas County, Wisconsin; about 1/4 mile east and 1.75 miles south of Sunnyside; 1670 feet north and 1000 feet east of the southwest corner
  • State: Wisconsin
  • County: WI031—Douglas
  • MLRA: 92—Superior Lake Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WI031—Douglas County, Wisconsin
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46092-E1—Sunnyside, Wisconsin

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Very-fine, mixed, active, frigid Vertic Glossudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Miskoaki
  • Classificaton Date - 2/6/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Miskoaki
  • Classificaton Date - 12/1/2006
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey till
  • Landform: till plain
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/1/2006 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    —

    ochric epipedon

    glossic horizon

    argillic horizon

    —

    0—10

    10—25

    25—135

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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

    2

    —

    —

    238

    —

    775

    —

    105

    4

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2), dry; clay loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 6.0 medium roots and 6.0 fine roots throughout and 2.0 coarse roots; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt smooth boundary.
    E/B—10 to 25 centimeters (3.9 to 9.8 inches); 60 percent reddish gray (5YR 5/2) and reddish brown (5YR 4/4), pinkish gray (5YR 7/2), dry; silt loam, silty clay loam; moderate thick platy, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 6.0 medium roots and 6.0 fine roots throughout and 0.9 coarse roots; 26 percent distinct reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear wavy boundary.
    Bt1—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); dark red (2.5YR 3/6) clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 2.0 medium roots and 6.0 fine roots throughout and 0.9 coarse roots; 26 percent distinct dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear wavy boundary.
    Bt2—36 to 64 centimeters (14.2 to 25.2 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.9 medium roots and 6.0 fine roots throughout and 0.9 coarse roots; 26 percent faint dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6; abrupt wavy boundary.
    Btk1—64 to 117 centimeters (25.2 to 46.1 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) clay; strong medium angular blocky structure; firm; 2.0 fine roots between peds; 26 percent faint dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 21 percent fine prominent irregular black (N 2.5/), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix; 3 percent coarse prominent irregular pink (5YR 8/3), moist, carbonate masses in matrix and 3 percent medium prominent irregular pink (5YR 8/3), moist, carbonate masses in matrix; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; clear wavy boundary.
    Btk2—117 to 135 centimeters (46.1 to 53.1 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) clay; weak coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 0.9 fine roots between peds; 26 percent faint dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 21 percent fine prominent irregular black (N 2.5/), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix; 3 percent fine prominent irregular pink (5YR 8/3), moist, carbonate masses in matrix and 3 percent medium prominent irregular pink (5YR 8/3), moist, carbonate masses in matrix; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; gradual wavy boundary.
    BC—135 to 203 centimeters (53.1 to 79.9 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) clay; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 0.9 fine roots between peds; 3 percent fine prominent irregular black (N 2.5/), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix; 3 percent fine prominent irregular pink (5YR 7/3), moist, carbonate masses in matrix and 3 percent medium prominent irregular pink (5YR 7/3), moist, carbonate masses in matrix; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2.