IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Aftad
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993WI078034
  • User Pedon ID: S1993WI078034
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1993WI078034
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 95P0357
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 67375
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 45.0294456
  • Std. Longitude: -88.9775009
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 30N
  • Range: 13E
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: 1070 feet east and 100 feet north of the SW corner
  • State: Wisconsin
  • County: WI078—Menominee
  • MLRA: 90—Central Wisconsin and Minnesota Thin Loess and Till
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WI078—Menominee County, Wisconsin
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 45088-A8—Zoar, Wisconsin

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mike Mitchell
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 34
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Aftad
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed Oxyaquic Glossoboralfs
  • Classificaton Date - 5/25/1993
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/25/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 338
  • Plant Association Name: Forest habitat type: AH
  • 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

    ALTR3

    ATHYR

    DICU

    MITEL

    OSBE

    THDI

    TILIA

    TRILL

    TSUGA

    Allium tricoccum

    Athyrium

    Dicentra cucullaria

    Mitella

    Osmorhiza berteroi

    Thalictrum dioicum

    Tilia

    Trillium

    Tsuga

    ramp

    ladyfern

    dutchman's breeches

    miterwort

    sweetcicely

    early meadow-rue

    basswood

    trillium

    hemlock

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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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    381

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    45

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; fine sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; 6.0 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P02792; moist when described;. (S93WI-078-034-1)
    E—8 to 10 centimeters (3.1 to 3.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; fine sandy loam; weak medium platy structure; very friable; 6.0 fine roots; 6 percent medium very dark gray (10YR 3/1) worm casts; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; abrupt broken boundary. Lab sample # 95P02793; moist when described;. (S93WI-078-034-2)
    Bw1—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 6.0 fine roots; 6 percent medium very dark gray (10YR 3/1) worm casts; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P02794; moist when described;. (S93WI-078-034-3)
    Bw2—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 6.0 fine roots; 6 percent medium very dark gray (10YR 3/1) worm casts; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P02795; moist when described;. (S93WI-078-034-4)
    E/Bt—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); 80 percent brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; fine sandy loam; weak medium platy structure; very friable; fragments. Lab sample # 95P02796
    E/Bt—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 4.0 fine roots; 1 percent distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) clay films on faces of peds; 6 percent medium very dark gray (10YR 3/1) worm casts; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P02796; moist when described;. (S93WI-078-034-5)
    Bt/E—43 to 71 centimeters (16.9 to 28.0 inches); 70 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; weak coarse platy parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments. Lab sample # 95P02797
    Bt/E—43 to 71 centimeters (16.9 to 28.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; fine sandy loam; weak medium platy structure; very friable; 4.0 fine roots; 6 percent fine dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) iron-manganese concretions; 6 percent medium very dark gray (10YR 3/1) worm casts; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P02797; moist when described;. (S93WI-078-034-6)
    Bt—71 to 107 centimeters (28.0 to 42.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) very fine sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P02798; moist when described;. Has 1/4 to 3/4 inch strata of 10YR 4/3 VFS and 2.5YR 4/4 SIL in the lower 6 inches. Has distinct platiness from deposition. Plates are 2-10mm thick with 10YR 5/3 VFS coats on faces. (S93WI-078-034-7)
    C—107 to 203 centimeters (42.1 to 79.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and brown (7.5YR 4/3) very fine sand, very fine sandy loam; massive; very friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 95P02799; moist when described;. (S93WI-078-034-8) *