IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rockdam
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990WI053009
  • User Pedon ID: S1990WI053009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1990WI053009
  • User Site Association ID: Shaunna_skeletonsdoublecheckafterupdate
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - LIMS
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0482
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63525
  • Print Date: 4/26/2025

    • 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: 44.3542700
  • Std. Longitude: -90.6592000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • GPS - Positional Error: 10.00
  • Township: 22N
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: 1600 feet north and 100 feet east of the southwest corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Wisconsin
  • County: WI053—Jackson
  • MLRA: 89—Wisconsin Central Sands
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-ONA—Onalaska, Wisconsin
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WI053—Jackson County, Wisconsin

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Unknown
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, siliceous, frigid Entic Haplorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Rockdam
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/2/2016
  • Classifier - Michael England
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rockdam
  • Taxonomic Class - Siliceous, frigid, coated Typic Quartzipsamments
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/6/1990
  • Classifier - Unknown
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy outwash
  • Landform: outwash terrace, stream terrace
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • RaCA Information:
  • Plot/Site Set Up By - Unknown
  • Plot or Site Recorder - Unknown

    • VEGETATION

  • Vegplot Text Note(s): A scan of the original data (i.e. field sheet(s), edits, manuscripts, notes, and other associated data) is available in the scans archive.

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/6/1990 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Unknown
  • Air Photo ID: 23
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - intermixed conifers and hardwoods
  • 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

    PIBA2

    QUEL

    VACCI

    HAMAM

    Pinus banksiana

    Quercus ellipsoidalis

    Vaccinium

    Hamamelis

    jack pine

    northern pin oak

    blueberry

    witchhazel

    tree

    tree

    shrub/vine

    forb

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    —

    —

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

    spodic horizon

    spodic materials

    albic materials

    albic horizon

    cambic horizon

    ochric epipedon

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    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —-

    —-

    —-

    —-

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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

    1

    —

    —

    —

    —

    270

    775

    —

    128

    6

    21

    -7

    10

    23

    0

    533

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    0000WBRF

    BLACK RIVER FALLS WISCONSIN, WI US

    NOAA
    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); 7.5YR 2/0 (7.5YR 2/0) and black (N 2.5/0), very dark gray (N 3/0), dry; loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; many medium roots and many fine roots and many coarse roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P02762. 10% uncoated sand grains
    E—8 to 13 centimeters (3.1 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; sand; weak medium platy structure; very friable; many medium roots and many fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P02763
    Bw1—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; common fine roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P02764
    Bw2—28 to 48 centimeters (11.0 to 18.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sand; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; common fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P02765
    BC—48 to 69 centimeters (18.9 to 27.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; few fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P02766
    C1—69 to 97 centimeters (27.2 to 38.2 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sand; structureless single grain; loose; few fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P02767
    C2—97 to 152 centimeters (38.2 to 59.8 inches); very pale brown (10YR 7/4) sand; structureless single grain; loose; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 91P02768. c1p 7.5YR6/8