IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ellwood
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990WI037001
  • User Pedon ID: S1990WI037001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0895
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 62828
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024
  • 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: 45.7955551
  • Std. Longitude: -88.2233353
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 38N
  • Range: 18E
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: 1290 feet W and 1500 feet N of the SE corner
  • State: Wisconsin
  • County: WI037—Florence
  • MLRA: 93—Superior Stony and Rocky Loamy Plains and Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WI037—Florence County, Wisconsin
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: H. Gundlach, J. Boelter, and D. Hvizdak
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, frigid Oxyaquic Glossudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ellwood
  • PSC - 39 to 89 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Nester
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, frigid Typic Eutroboralfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/1990
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/23/1990 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
  • 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

    4

    401

    0

    A—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 medium and coarse roots and 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 very fine and fine tubular pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P05329
    B/E—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate medium platy structure; friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P05330
    B/E—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong fine angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 medium and coarse roots and 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent prominent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 75 percent prominent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent iron-manganese masses; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 90P05330
    Bt1—38 to 64 centimeters (15.0 to 25.2 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong fine angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 medium and coarse roots and 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent prominent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 75 percent prominent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent iron-manganese masses; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P05331
    Bt2—64 to 89 centimeters (25.2 to 35.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate very fine and fine angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 21.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent prominent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 75 percent prominent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent iron-manganese masses; 7 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 90P05332
    Bt3—89 to 107 centimeters (35.0 to 42.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong very fine and fine angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 10 percent prominent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 75 percent prominent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent iron-manganese masses; 7 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 7.9, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P05333
    Btk1—107 to 130 centimeters (42.1 to 51.2 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong very fine and fine angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 fine vesicular pores; 30 percent prominent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent iron-manganese masses; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P05334
    Btk2—130 to 160 centimeters (51.2 to 63.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to strong medium and coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine vesicular pores; 30 percent distinct reddish brown (5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent iron-manganese masses; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 90P05335
    Btk3—160 to 183 centimeters (63.0 to 72.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to strong medium and coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 3.0 very fine tubular and 3.0 fine vesicular pores; 30 percent distinct reddish brown (5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent iron-manganese masses; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 90P05336