IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): DEERTON
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991WI007004
  • User Pedon ID: S1991WI007004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1991WI007004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 95P0443
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 67461
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 46.9594460
  • Std. Longitude: -90.8511124
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 52N
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 1840 feet north and 50 feet east of the center
  • Location Description: Bayfield County, Wisconsin.
  • State: Wisconsin
  • County: WI007—Bayfield
  • MLRA: 92—Superior Lake Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WI007—Bayfield County, Wisconsin

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Kim C. Goerg and Terry L. Kroll
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, frigid Typic Haplorthods
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - DEERTON
  • PSC - 30 to 69 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Deerton
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, frigid Typic Haplorthod
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/9/1991
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: structural bench
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Bedrock: with <10
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/9/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: RC-2
  • 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

    ABBA

    ACRU

    BEAL3

    BEPE2

    POTR5

    TSCA

    Abies balsamea

    Acer rubrum

    Betula alba

    Bellis perennis

    Populus tremuloides

    Tsuga canadensis

    balsam fir

    red maple

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    lawndaisy

    quaking aspen

    eastern hemlock

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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

    5—23

    5—23

    23—41

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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

    5

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    201

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    0

    787

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    5.6

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    Oe—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) broken face and dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) rubbed mucky peat; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 10.0 fine and medium roots and 3.0 coarse roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Not sampled.
    Oa—3 to 5 centimeters (1.2 to 2.0 inches); very dark gray (5YR 3/1) broken face and very dark gray (5YR 3/1) rubbed muck; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 10.0 fine and medium roots and 3.0 coarse roots; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Not sampled.
    E—5 to 23 centimeters (2.0 to 9.1 inches); dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2), pinkish gray (5YR 6/2), dry; gravelly sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 10.0 fine and medium roots and 3.0 coarse roots; 1 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter sandstone, noncalcareous fragments and 7 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter sandstone, noncalcareous fragments and 12 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, noncalcareous fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P03251
    Bhs—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 1 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter sandstone, noncalcareous fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, noncalcareous fragments and 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter sandstone, noncalcareous fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P03252
    Bs—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) gravelly loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 fine and medium roots; 1 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter sandstone, noncalcareous fragments and 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter sandstone, noncalcareous fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, noncalcareous fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P03253
    BC—41 to 69 centimeters (16.1 to 27.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) gravelly sand; single grain; loose; 0.5 fine roots; 2 percent by volume 250-425-600 millimeter sandstone, noncalcareous fragments and 8 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter sandstone, noncalcareous fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, noncalcareous fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P03254
    2R—69 centimeters (27.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4); fragments. Not sampled.