IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Amnicon
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990WI031015
  • User Pedon ID: S1990WI031015
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 46.6583328
  • Std. Longitude: -92.1627808
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 48N
  • Range: 14W
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: Douglas County, Wisconsin; about 1 mile east of Oliver; located about 1,600 feet south and 420 feet west of the northeast 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-F2—West Duluth, Wisconsin

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Very-fine, mixed, active, frigid Oxyaquic Vertic glossuda Glossudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Amnicon
  • Classificaton Date - 1/25/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Amnicon
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey till
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/2009 (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

    albic horizon

    glossic horizon

    argillic horizon

    0—25

    5—13

    13—41

    25—109

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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

    —

    —

    —

    305

    —

    813

    —

    156

    5

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    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), brown (7.5YR 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; 6.0 medium roots and 6.0 fine roots and 0.3 coarse roots throughout; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt smooth boundary.
    E—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2), pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate thick platy structure; friable; 4.0 medium roots and 6.0 fine roots and 0.3 coarse roots throughout; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; abrupt wavy boundary.
    E/B—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) and reddish brown (5YR 4/4), pinkish gray (5YR 7/2), dry; silty clay loam, silty clay; moderate thick platy, and strong medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 4.0 medium roots throughout and 6.0 fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear wavy boundary.
    B/E—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) and reddish brown (5YR 5/3), pink (5YR 7/3), dry; clay, silty clay; strong medium angular blocky, and strong medium angular blocky structure; firm; 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots and 0.3 coarse roots throughout; 26 percent distinct reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent medium distinct irregular yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary.
    Bt—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) clay; moderate fine angular blocky, and moderate very fine angular blocky structure; firm; 0.3 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots and 0.3 coarse roots between peds; 26 percent faint reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary.
    Bt1—61 to 79 centimeters (24.0 to 31.1 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) clay; moderate fine angular blocky, and moderate very fine angular blocky structure; firm; 0.3 medium roots between peds and 4.0 fine roots; 26 percent faint reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; and 10 percent fine prominent irregular black (N 2.5/), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix; 1 percent fine distinct irregular light reddish brown (2.5YR 6/4), moist, carbonate masses in matrix and 1 percent medium distinct irregular light reddish brown (2.5YR 6/4), moist, carbonate masses in matrix; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; clear wavy boundary.
    Bt2—79 to 109 centimeters (31.1 to 42.9 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) clay; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 0.3 fine roots between peds; 26 percent faint reddish brown (2.5YR 4/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine prominent irregular black (N 2.5/), moist, iron-manganese masses in matrix; 10 percent fine faint irregular light reddish brown (2.5YR 6/4), moist, carbonate masses in matrix and 10 percent medium faint irregular light reddish brown (2.5YR 6/4), moist, carbonate masses in matrix; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2; gradual wavy boundary.
    BCk—109 to 170 centimeters (42.9 to 66.9 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) clay; massive; firm; 10 percent fine prominent irregular black (N 2.5/), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 10 percent fine faint irregular light reddish brown (2.5YR 6/4), moist, carbonate masses in matrix and 10 percent medium faint irregular light reddish brown (2.5YR 6/4), moist, carbonate masses in matrix; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence; strongly alkaline, pH 8.8.