IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Worwood
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991WI069218
  • User Pedon ID: S1991WI069218
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Print Date: 4/28/2025

    • 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: 45.2377739
  • Std. Longitude: -89.8578720
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 32N
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: Lincoln County, Wisconsin; about 7 miles northwest of Merrill; 630 feet north and 100 feet east of the southwest corner
  • State: Wisconsin
  • County: WI069—Lincoln
  • MLRA: 90A—Wisconsin and Minnesota Thin Loess and Till
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-RHI—Rhinelander, Wisconsin
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WI069—Lincoln County, Wisconsin
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 45089-B7—Alexander Lake, Wisconsin

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Alfic Epiaquods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Worwood
  • Classificaton Date - 5/30/2012
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Worwood
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/2006
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy alluvium and/or sandy outwash and/or lacustrine deposits
  • Landform: stream terrace, lake plain
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/2006 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    spodic horizon

    albic horizon

    glossic horizon

    argillic horizon

    0—10

    8—10

    10—28

    28—41

    41—61

    61—86

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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

    —

    —

    421

    —

    775

    —

    105

    6

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 6.0 fine roots throughout; 2 percent by volume subrounded 75-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 12 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; abrupt wavy boundary.
    E—8 to 10 centimeters (3.1 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; gravelly sandy loam; weak medium platy structure; very friable; 6.0 fine roots throughout; 21 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 3 percent faint very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, worm casts; 1 percent by volume subrounded 75-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 19 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; abrupt wavy boundary.
    Bs1—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) gravelly sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 6.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 1 percent by volume subrounded 75-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 19 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear broken boundary.
    Bs2—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) gravelly sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 6.0 fine roots throughout; 3 percent fine prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 1 percent by volume subrounded 75-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 15 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear broken boundary.
    E'—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; sandy loam; weak thin platy structure; very friable; 2.0 fine roots throughout; 3 percent medium faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix and 21 percent fine prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 21 percent fine prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 2 percent by volume subrounded 75-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 12 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear wavy boundary.
    E/B—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); 60 percent brown (10YR 5/3) and 40 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; sandy loam, sandy loam; weak medium platy, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.9 fine roots throughout; 51 percent distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist, clay bridges between sand grains; 3 percent fine prominent red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 3 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 3 percent fine prominent dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2), moist, iron-manganese concretions in matrix and 21 percent coarse prominent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix; 2 percent by volume subrounded 75-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 11 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear wavy boundary.
    Bt—61 to 86 centimeters (24.0 to 33.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) gravelly sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.9 fine roots throughout; 6 percent distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 26 percent distinct brown (10YR 5/3), moist, sand coats on vertical faces of peds; 3 percent coarse prominent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix and 3 percent medium prominent red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 3 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 3 percent fine prominent dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2), moist, iron-manganese concretions in matrix; 2 percent by volume subrounded 75-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 17 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt wavy boundary.
    2C—86 to 107 centimeters (33.9 to 42.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose; 3 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 4 percent by volume subrounded 75-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 17 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt wavy boundary.
    3C—107 to 157 centimeters (42.1 to 61.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3) and gray (5Y 5/1) and light brown (7.5YR 6/4) stratified stratified very fine sandy loam to silt loam to very fine sand; massive; friable; 1 percent medium faint reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 1 percent fine prominent reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 3 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 3 percent medium prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0.