IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Argonne
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990WI041005
  • User Pedon ID: S1990WI041005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1990WI041005
  • User Site Association ID: MLRA 90A - Langlade Lobe Drumlins DSM Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0901
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 62834
  • 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: 45.4683342
  • Std. Longitude: -88.5866699
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 35N
  • Range: 15E
  • Section: 35
  • PLSS Details: 1425 feet E and 1700 feet N of the SW corner
  • Location Description: About 3 miles E and 2 miles N of Wabeno.
  • State: Wisconsin
  • County: WI041—Forest
  • MLRA: 90A—Wisconsin and Minnesota Thin Loess and Till
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WI041—Forest County, Wisconsin

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: DJH and JRB
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Alfic Oxyaquic Fragiorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Argonne
  • PSC - 28 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wabeno
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, frigid Alfic Fragiorthod
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/27/1990
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: drumlin
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments: 3.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/27/1990 (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

    ADIAN

    ARALI

    OSBE

    Adiantum

    Aralia

    Osmorhiza berteroi

    maidenhair fern

    spikenard

    sweetcicely

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    fragipan

    noncoherent

    74 - 160

    - 86 -

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

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    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    spodic horizon

    glossic horizon

    argillic horizon

    fragipan

    lithologic discontinuity

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    0—11

    6—11

    11—31

    31—160

    74—160

    74—160

    74—74

    —-

    —11—

    —5—

    —20—

    —129—

    —86—

    —86—

    —0—
    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

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    —

    483

    —

    150

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    Oa—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); highly decomposed plant material; fragments. Lab sample # 90P05383
    A—3 to 6 centimeters (1.2 to 2.4 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; silt loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium and coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P05384
    E—6 to 11 centimeters (2.4 to 4.3 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loam; weak thick platy structure; friable; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium and coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P05385
    Bs1—11 to 18 centimeters (4.3 to 7.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots and 3.0 coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P05386
    Bs2—18 to 31 centimeters (7.1 to 12.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 21.0 very fine and 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 5.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P05387
    E/B—31 to 74 centimeters (12.2 to 29.1 inches); 80 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), 80 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; sandy loam; weak thick platy parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 3 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 8 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 90P05388
    2Bx/E1—74 to 100 centimeters (29.1 to 39.4 inches); 60 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) loamy sand, sandy loam; weak thick platy structure; firm; brittle; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 very fine and fine tubular and 0.5 medium vesicular pores; 10 percent distinct reddish brown (5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 90P05389
    2Bx/E2—100 to 160 centimeters (39.4 to 63.0 inches); 60 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) gravelly loamy sand, gravelly sandy loam; weak thick platy structure; friable; brittle; 0.5 fine roots; 3.0 medium vesicular pores; 10 percent distinct reddish brown (5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 90P05390
    2C—160 to 206 centimeters (63.0 to 81.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) loamy sand; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; massive; friable; 3 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 90P05391