IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Laona
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990WI037002
  • User Pedon ID: S1990WI037002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1990WI037002
  • User Site Association ID: MLRA 90A - Langlade Lobe Drumlins DSM Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0896
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 62829
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 45.7508316
  • Std. Longitude: -88.3238907
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 38N
  • Range: 17E
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: 100 feet E and 200 feet N of the SW 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: Joe Boelter and Dave Hvizdak
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Alfic Fragiorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Laona
  • PSC - 28 to 54 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/3/2020
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sarona
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, frigid Alfic Haplorthods
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/24/1990
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/24/1990 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    HAMAM

    PYROL

    VACCI

    Hamamelis

    Pyrola

    Vaccinium

    witchhazel

    wintergreen

    blueberry

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

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    spodic horizon

    glossic horizon

    argillic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—8

    3—8

    8—39

    39—143

    54—160

    143—143

    —8—

    —5—

    —31—

    —104—

    —106—

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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

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    474

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    45

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    Oa—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); highly decomposed plant material; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary.
    E—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) silt loam; weak medium platy structure; friable; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium and coarse roots; 3.0 medium tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 90P05338
    Bs—8 to 39 centimeters (3.1 to 15.4 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium and coarse roots; 3.0 medium tubular and 0.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P05339
    E/B—39 to 54 centimeters (15.4 to 21.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sandy loam, fine sandy loam; weak thin platy, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 90P05340
    Bx/E—54 to 143 centimeters (21.3 to 56.3 inches); 80 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) and 20 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4) loamy sand, gravelly sandy loam; weak medium platy, and weak very thick platy parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; brittle; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 fine vesicular pores; 30 percent distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 3 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 90P05341, 90P05345, 90P05346
    2Btx—143 to 160 centimeters (56.3 to 63.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) gravelly sandy loam; weak thick platy parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; brittle; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 21.0 fine vesicular pores; 30 percent distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 3 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P05343
    2C—160 to 194 centimeters (63.0 to 76.4 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) gravelly sandy loam; massive; friable; 21.0 fine vesicular pores; 3 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 90P05344