IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ishpeming
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993WI031013
  • User Pedon ID: S1993WI031013
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 95P0452
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 67470
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 46.5661125
  • Std. Longitude: -91.9933319
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 47N
  • Range: 13W
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: 1800 feet north and 225 feet east of the southwest corner
  • Location Description: Douglas County, Wisconsin.
  • Map Unit: 3601C—Ishpeming-Rock outcrop complex, 5 to 20 percent slopes, very stony
  • State: Wisconsin
  • County: WI031—Douglas
  • MLRA: 92—Superior Lake Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WI031—Douglas County, Wisconsin

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ulf Gafvert and Kim Goerg
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, frigid Entic Haplorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 13
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ishpeming
  • PSC - 25 to 71 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sugarcamp
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, frigid Entic Haplorthod
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1993
  • 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
  • Bedrock: basalt with 10 to <45
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 97
  • 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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    spodic horizon

    cambic horizon

    0—13

    10—13

    13—48

    61—71

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    —-

    —-

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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

    7

    —

    —

    338

    —

    315

    787

    —

    —

    5.6

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; friable; 10.0 fine to coarse roots; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic-sedimentary fragments and 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic-sedimentary fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P03309
    E—10 to 13 centimeters (3.9 to 5.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2), pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), dry; loamy sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 10.0 fine to coarse roots; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic-sedimentary fragments and 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic-sedimentary fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P03310
    Bs1—13 to 30 centimeters (5.1 to 11.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 fine to coarse roots; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic-sedimentary fragments and 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic-sedimentary fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P03311
    Bs2—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 fine to coarse roots; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic-sedimentary fragments and 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic-sedimentary fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P03312
    E'—48 to 61 centimeters (18.9 to 24.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/2), pinkish gray (7.5YR 7/2), dry; loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic-sedimentary fragments and 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic-sedimentary fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P03313
    Bw—61 to 71 centimeters (24.0 to 28.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine and medium roots; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic-sedimentary fragments and 15 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed igneous-metamorphic-sedimentary fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P03314
    R—71 centimeters (28.0 inches); fragments.