IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Neopit
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993WI078099
  • User Pedon ID: S1993WI078099
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1993WI078099
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 95P0362
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 67380
  • 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: 45.0352783
  • Std. Longitude: -88.9688873
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 30N
  • Range: 13E
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: 2030 feet west and 2200 feet north of the SE 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 Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed Oxyaquic Glossoboralfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 99
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Neopit
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Neopit
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed Oxyaquic Glossoboralf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/29/1993
  • Moisture SUBClass - oxyaquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: drumlin field
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments: 14.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/29/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 318
  • 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

    ADIAN

    ALTR3

    ATHYR

    CATH2

    FRAM2

    LASTR

    LOCA7

    OSBE

    THDI

    TILIA

    Adiantum

    Allium tricoccum

    Athyrium

    Caulophyllum thalictroides

    Fraxinus americana

    Lastreopsis

    Lonicera canadensis

    Osmorhiza berteroi

    Thalictrum dioicum

    Tilia

    maidenhair fern

    ramp

    ladyfern

    blue cohosh

    white ash

    shieldfern

    American fly honeysuckle

    sweetcicely

    early meadow-rue

    basswood

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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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    398

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    45

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    Oa—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1) broken face muck; weak very fine platy structure; very friable; 6.0 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described;. Sapric material which is part of a mat of partially decomposed forest litter. About 22 percent fiber unrubbed and 9 percent fiber rubbed. Horizon not sampled for NSSL.
    E—3 to 10 centimeters (1.2 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; loam; weak medium platy structure; very friable; 6.0 fine roots; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P02830; moist when described;. (S93WI-078-099-2)
    Bw—10 to 30 centimeters (3.9 to 11.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 6.0 fine roots; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P02831; moist when described;. (S93WI-078-099-3)
    E'—30 to 38 centimeters (11.8 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; fine sandy loam; moderate medium platy structure; friable; 4.0 fine roots; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P02832; moist when described;. (S93WI-078-099-4)
    E/Bt—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 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 # 95P02833
    E/Bt—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4); moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; 4.0 fine roots; 10 percent distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P02833; moist when described;. (S93WI-078-099-5)
    Bt/E1—53 to 69 centimeters (20.9 to 27.2 inches); 70 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; fragments. Lab sample # 95P02834
    Bt/E1—53 to 69 centimeters (20.9 to 27.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; weak medium platy structure; very friable; 0.9 fine roots; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P02834; moist when described;. (S93WI-078-099-6)
    Bt/E2—69 to 94 centimeters (27.2 to 37.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; weak medium platy structure; very friable; 0.5 fine roots; 6 percent fine dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) iron-manganese concretions throughout; 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P02835; moist when described;. (S93WI-078-099-7)
    Bt/E2—69 to 94 centimeters (27.2 to 37.0 inches); 80 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments. Lab sample # 95P02835
    Bt/E3—94 to 173 centimeters (37.0 to 68.1 inches); 85 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) gravelly sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments. Lab sample # 95P02836
    Bt/E3—94 to 173 centimeters (37.0 to 68.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; weak medium platy structure; very friable; 0.3 fine roots; 6 percent fine dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) iron-manganese concretions throughout; 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 16 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P02836; moist when described;. Look like mud flow deposits. Has some S-LS layers. Has inherited platiness from deposition of parent material. (S93WI-078-099-8)
    C—173 to 277 centimeters (68.1 to 109.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) sandy loam; massive; very friable; 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 9 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 95P02837; moist when described;. Band of sand in the upper part of horizon has a few 5YR 5/6 mottles. (S93WI-078-099-9) *