IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Chetek
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990WI113001
  • User Pedon ID: S1991WI113001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1990WI113001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0435
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64674
  • Print Date: 4/16/2025

    • 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: 45.9861107
  • Std. Longitude: -91.3636093
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 41N
  • Range: 8W
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: 1200 feet N and 100 feet W of the SE corner
  • Map Unit: 3425B—Karlin sandy loam, 0 to 6 percent slopes
  • State: Wisconsin
  • County: WI113—Sawyer
  • MLRA: 93—Superior Stony and Rocky Loamy Plains and Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WI113—Sawyer County, Wisconsin

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: WDF
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Inceptic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Chetek
  • PSC - 28 to 53 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Chetek
  • Classificaton Date - 10/10/1990
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: outwash plain
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/10/1990 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 5G-31
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: wind erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ZEMA

    Zea mays

    corn

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—20

    28—53

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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

    30

    12.2

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; 7 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P02623
    E—20 to 28 centimeters (7.9 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; sandy loam; weak medium platy structure; friable; 7 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P02624
    Bt1—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), 10 percent brown (10YR 5/3) and very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; 7 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P02625
    2Bt2—46 to 53 centimeters (18.1 to 20.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) gravelly loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 10 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) clay bridges between sand grains; 17 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P02626
    2C—53 to 152 centimeters (20.9 to 59.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) gravelly sand; single grain; loose; 17 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 92P02627