IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Magroc
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991WI069279
  • User Pedon ID: S1991WI069279
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • 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: 45.2213860
  • Std. Longitude: -89.5434189
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 32N
  • Range: 8E
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: Lincoln County, Wisconsin; about 6 miles east of Merrill; 1,350 feet east and 100 feet north of the southwest corner
  • State: Wisconsin
  • County: WI069—Lincoln
  • MLRA: 90B—Central Wisconsin Thin Loess Dissected Till Plain
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-RHI—Rhinelander, Wisconsin
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WI069—Lincoln County, Wisconsin
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 45089-B5—Pine Dells, Wisconsin

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Aquic Glossudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Magroc
  • Classificaton Date - 5/30/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Magroc
  • Classificaton Date - 12/1/2006
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess and/or loamy till
  • Landform: moraine
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Bedrock: igneous, unspecified at 107cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/1/2006 (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

    glossic horizon

    argillic horizon

    0—28

    10—28

    28—74

    53—107

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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

    —

    —

    442

    —

    775

    —

    128

    6

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 6.0 fine roots throughout; 3 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; abrupt wavy boundary.
    E—10 to 28 centimeters (3.9 to 11.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; silt loam; moderate thin platy structure; very friable; 2.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent fine prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 3 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 3 percent by volume subrounded 75-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear wavy boundary.
    E/B—28 to 53 centimeters (11.0 to 20.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; silt loam, silt loam; moderate thin platy, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 2.0 fine roots throughout; 6 percent prominent brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 3 percent fine faint light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix and 3 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 3 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 3 percent fine prominent very dusky red (2.5YR 2/2), moist, iron-manganese concretions in matrix; 3 percent by volume subrounded 75-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary.
    B/E—53 to 74 centimeters (20.9 to 29.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; gravelly silt loam, gravelly silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak medium platy structure; friable; 2.0 fine roots throughout; 26 percent prominent brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 26 percent prominent brown (7.5YR 4/2), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores; 1 percent fine prominent dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 3 percent medium prominent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix and 3 percent medium faint light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix and 3 percent fine prominent very dusky red (2.5YR 2/2), moist, iron-manganese concretions in matrix and 21 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), 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; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; abrupt wavy boundary.
    2Bt—74 to 107 centimeters (29.1 to 42.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) gravelly sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.9 fine roots throughout; 6 percent distinct dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium prominent pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), moist, iron depletions in matrix and 1 percent fine distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2), moist, iron-manganese concretions in matrix and 3 percent medium prominent red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 5 percent by volume subrounded 75-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 14 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt wavy boundary.
    3R—107 centimeters (42.1 inches); dark gray (N 4/), bedrock; fragments.