IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bergland
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992WI031008
  • User Pedon ID: S1992WI031008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1992WI031008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 95P0449
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 67467
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 46.4900017
  • Std. Longitude: -92.2602768
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 46N
  • Range: 15W
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 10 feet north and 350 feet west of the southeast corner
  • Location Description: Douglas County, Wisconsin.
  • Map Unit: 6347A—Bergland-Cuttre complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes
  • State: Wisconsin
  • County: WI031—Douglas
  • MLRA: 92—Superior Lake Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WI031—Douglas County, Wisconsin
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46092-D3—Foxboro, Minnesota

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Kim Goerg, Dave Hvizdak, and Tim Miland
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Very-fine, mixed, active, frigid Vertic Epiaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 8
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bergland
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bergland
  • Taxonomic Class - Very-fine, mixed, nonacid, frigid Vertic Epiaquept
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/24/1992
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Slope Position: depression
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: very low
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/24/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 158
  • 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

    ALRU3

    FRNI

    POTR5

    Abies balsamea

    Acer rubrum

    Alnus rugosa

    Fraxinus nigra

    Populus tremuloides

    balsam fir

    red maple

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    black ash

    quaking aspen

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

    cambic horizon

    23—91

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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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    283

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    45

    787

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    5.6

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    A—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; clay; moderate medium granular structure; firm; 10.0 very fine and fine roots and 3.0 medium roots and 0.5 coarse roots; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic-sedimentary fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P03291
    Bg—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 6/1), dry; clay; weak very fine and fine angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 fine and medium roots between 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 # 95P03292
    Bw1—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) clay; weak fine angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 very fine and fine roots between peds; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic-sedimentary fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P03293
    Bw2—48 to 91 centimeters (18.9 to 35.8 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) clay; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 very fine and fine roots between peds; 6 percent faint dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic-sedimentary fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P03294
    Bk—91 to 135 centimeters (35.8 to 53.1 inches); dark reddish brown (2.5YR 3/4) clay; weak medium prismatic structure; very firm; 0.5 very fine and fine roots between peds; 5 percent fine and medium irregular light reddish brown (2.5YR 6/4) carbonate masses; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic-sedimentary fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P03295
    BC—135 to 229 centimeters (53.1 to 90.2 inches); reddish brown (2.5YR 4/4) clay; weak coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 0.5 very fine and fine roots between peds; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic-sedimentary fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 95P03296