IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): ODANAH
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992WI003008
  • User Pedon ID: S1992WI003008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1992WI003008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 95P0441
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 67459
  • Print Date: 4/24/2025

    • 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: 46.4627762
  • Std. Longitude: -90.8822250
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 46N
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: 2000 feet north and 30 feet east of the southwest 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, Terry Kroll and Tim Miland
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed Glossic Eutroboralfs
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - ODANAH
  • PSC - 18 to 69 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Odanah
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed Glossic Eutroboralf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/11/1992
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/11/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: N3-48
  • 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

    ACRU

    POTR5

    Acer rubrum

    Populus tremuloides

    red maple

    quaking aspen

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

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    glossic horizon

    argillic horizon

    3—18

    8—18

    18—30

    18—155

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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

    3

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    250

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    45

    787

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    5.6

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    Oe—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); very dark gray (5YR 3/1) broken face and very dark gray (5YR 3/1) rubbed mucky peat; weak fine granular structure; friable; 10.0 fine to coarse roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Not sampled.
    A—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; silt loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; friable; 10.0 fine to coarse roots; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic-sedimentary fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P03240; moist when described;
    E—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; very fine sandy loam; moderate thick platy parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 fine to coarse roots; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic-sedimentary fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P03241; moist when described;
    B/E—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3), pinkish gray (5YR 7/2), dry; clay loam; strong medium angular blocky structure; firm; 10.0 fine to coarse roots; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic-sedimentary fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P03242; moist when described;. Bt penetrated by tongues of E.
    B/E—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); 70 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) clay; 6 percent faint dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) clay films on faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # 95P03242
    Bt1—30 to 53 centimeters (11.8 to 20.9 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine to coarse roots between peds; 6 percent prominent dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) manganese or iron-manganese stains and 26 percent faint reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic-sedimentary fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P03243; moist when described;
    Bt2—53 to 71 centimeters (20.9 to 28.0 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 6 percent prominent dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) manganese or iron-manganese stains and 26 percent faint reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic-sedimentary fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P03244; moist when described;
    Btk1—71 to 109 centimeters (28.0 to 42.9 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) clay; weak coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 6 percent prominent dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) manganese or iron-manganese stains and 26 percent faint reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; 10 percent fine and medium irregular light reddish brown (2.5YR 6/4) carbonate masses; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic-sedimentary fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P03245; moist when described;
    Btk2—109 to 155 centimeters (42.9 to 61.0 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) clay; weak coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 0.5 fine roots between peds; 6 percent prominent dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) manganese or iron-manganese stains and 26 percent faint reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; 15 percent fine and medium irregular light reddish brown (2.5YR 6/4) carbonate masses; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic-sedimentary fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 95P03246; moist when described;