IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Argonne
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990WI125005
  • User Pedon ID: S1990WI125005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1990WI125005
  • User Site Association ID: MLRA 90A - Langlade Lobe Drumlins DSM Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0910
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 62843
  • 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: 46.1069450
  • Std. Longitude: -89.0847244
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 42N
  • Range: 11E
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: 1700 feet W and 1650 feet S of NE corner
  • State: Wisconsin
  • County: WI125—Vilas
  • MLRA: 93—Superior Stony and Rocky Loamy Plains and Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WI125—Vilas County, Wisconsin

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Joe Boelter and Dave Hvizdak
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Oxyaquic Fragiorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • 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 39 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/3/2020
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Champion
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, frigid Typic Fragiorthod
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/2/1990
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: drumlin
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments: 1.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/2/1990 (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

    CAREX

    CATH2

    DIRCA

    LASTR

    OSBE

    TILIA

    URTIC

    VIOLA

    Carex

    Caulophyllum thalictroides

    Dirca

    Lastreopsis

    Osmorhiza berteroi

    Tilia

    Urtica

    Viola

    sedge

    blue cohosh

    leatherwood

    shieldfern

    sweetcicely

    basswood

    nettle

    violet

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

    fragipan

    noncoherent

    39 - 163

    - 124 -

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

    ochric epipedon

    spodic horizon

    glossic horizon

    fragipan

    redox concentrations

    0—13

    13—39

    39—74

    39—163

    39—117

    —13—

    —26—

    —35—

    —124—

    —78—
    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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    548

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    180

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    Oi—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); slightly decomposed plant material; fragments. Lab sample # 90P05457
    A—3 to 13 centimeters (1.2 to 5.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 21.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 21.0 very fine tubular pores; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P05458
    Bhs—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium and coarse roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular and 3.0 medium tubular pores; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P05459
    Bs—28 to 39 centimeters (11.0 to 15.4 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 21.0 very fine and fine tubular and 3.0 medium tubular pores; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 6 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P05460
    Bx/E1—39 to 51 centimeters (15.4 to 20.1 inches); 60 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; brittle; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3.0 vesicular pores; 10 percent faint brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay films; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 6 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 90P05461
    Bx/E1—51 to 51 centimeters (20.1 to 20.1 inches); 40 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine sandy loam; weak thin platy structure; firm; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P05461
    Bx/E2—51 to 74 centimeters (20.1 to 29.1 inches); 80 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) loamy sand; 3 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) medium prominent mottles; weak thick platy parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 vesicular pores; 10 percent faint dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) clay films; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 90P05462
    Bx/E2—74 to 74 centimeters (29.1 to 29.1 inches); 20 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) loamy sand; weak thin platy structure; firm; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P05462
    Bx—74 to 117 centimeters (29.1 to 46.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loamy sand; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium platy structure; firm; 3.0 vesicular pores; 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 12 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P05463
    BCx—117 to 163 centimeters (46.1 to 64.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3) and reddish brown (5YR 4/3) loamy sand; weak medium platy structure; firm; 3.0 vesicular pores; 4 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P05464
    C—163 to 163 centimeters (64.2 to 64.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) loamy sand; massive; friable; 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 8 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 90P05465