IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Pickford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992WI003004
  • User Pedon ID: S1992WI003004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1992WI003004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 95P0437
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 67455
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 46.6049995
  • Std. Longitude: -90.5988922
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 48N
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 1340 feet north and 1670 feet west of the southeast corner
  • Location Description: Ashland County, Wisconsin.
  • State: Wisconsin
  • County: WI003—Ashland
  • MLRA: 92—Superior Lake Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WI003—Ashland County, Wisconsin

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Kim Goerg and Terry Kroll
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active, nonacid, frigid Aeric Epiaquepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • 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 - Pickford
  • PSC - 41 to 117 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Dagwagi
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, nonacid, frigid Aeric Epiaquept
  • Classificaton Date - 6/9/1992
  • Moisture SUBClass - aeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Slope Position: drainageway
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/9/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: BR-6
  • 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

    ALRU3

    FRNI

    Alnus rugosa

    Fraxinus nigra

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    black ash

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

    cambic horizon

    15—180

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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

    —

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    186

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    225

    787

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    5.6

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    Oa—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); black (N 2/0) broken face and black (N 2/0) rubbed muck; weak thick platy parts to weak fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 medium and coarse roots and 10.0 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P03214; wet when described;
    Bg—15 to 33 centimeters (5.9 to 13.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic-sedimentary fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P03215; wet when described;
    Bw1—33 to 58 centimeters (13.0 to 22.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 medium and coarse roots and 3.0 fine roots; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic-sedimentary fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P03216; moist when described;
    Bw2—58 to 99 centimeters (22.8 to 39.0 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) clay loam; weak coarse angular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 medium and coarse roots and 3.0 fine roots; 26 percent distinct weak red (2.5YR 5/2) carbonate coats on faces of peds; 4 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic-sedimentary fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P03217; moist when described;
    Bk—99 to 135 centimeters (39.0 to 53.1 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse platy structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots between peds and 3.0 fine roots; 26 percent distinct weak red (2.5YR 5/2) carbonate coats on faces of peds; 5 percent fine and medium irregular pinkish gray (5YR 7/2) carbonate masses; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic-sedimentary fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P03218; moist when described;
    BC—135 to 180 centimeters (53.1 to 70.9 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 26 percent prominent reddish gray (5YR 5/2) carbonate coats on faces of peds; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic-sedimentary fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 95P03219; moist when described;