IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Odanah
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992WI007004
  • User Pedon ID: S1992WI007004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1992WI007004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 95P0444
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 67462
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 46.4527779
  • Std. Longitude: -91.1286087
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 46N
  • Range: 6W
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: 1450 feet south and 1450 feet east of the northwest corner
  • Location Description: Bayfield County, Wisconsin.
  • State: Wisconsin
  • County: WI007—Bayfield
  • MLRA: 92—Superior Lake Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WI007—Bayfield County, Wisconsin

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Kim C. Goerg and Terry L. Kroll
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, active, frigid Haplic Glossudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: map unit inclusion
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Odanah
  • PSC - 15 to 66 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 - 6/12/1992
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Slope Position: on a slope
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/12/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: K-19
  • 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

    ABBA

    ACRU

    Abies balsamea

    Acer rubrum

    balsam fir

    red maple

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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—15

    8—15

    15—30

    15—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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    308

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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 very fine to medium roots and 3.0 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), dark brown (10YR 3/3), dry; silty clay loam; weak fine and medium granular structure; friable; 10.0 very fine to medium roots and 3.0 coarse roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P03255; moist when described;
    E—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2), pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate thick platy parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 fine and medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P03256; moist when described;
    B/E—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); 70 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) clay; 26 percent distinct dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) clay films on faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # 95P03257
    B/E—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3), pinkish gray (5YR 7/2), dry; clay loam; strong medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 medium and coarse roots and 3.0 fine roots; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic-sedimentary fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P03257; moist when described;. Bt penetrated by tongues of E.
    Bt1—30 to 56 centimeters (11.8 to 22.0 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine and medium roots between peds; 6 percent prominent dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) manganese or iron-manganese stains and 26 percent faint dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) clay films on faces of peds; 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 # 95P03258; moist when described;
    Bt2—56 to 94 centimeters (22.0 to 37.0 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) clay; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine and medium roots between peds; 6 percent prominent dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) manganese or iron-manganese stains and 26 percent faint dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic-sedimentary fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P03259; moist when described;
    Btk1—94 to 114 centimeters (37.0 to 44.9 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) clay; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 0.5 fine and medium roots between peds; 6 percent prominent dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) manganese or iron-manganese stains and 26 percent distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent fine and medium irregular light reddish brown (2.5YR 6/4) carbonate masses; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic-sedimentary fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P03260; moist when described;
    Btk2—114 to 155 centimeters (44.9 to 61.0 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) 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 distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) clay films on faces of peds; 12 percent fine and medium irregular light reddish brown (2.5YR 6/4) carbonate masses; 2 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 # 95P03261; moist when described;