IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Chelmo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1994WI013001
  • User Pedon ID: S1994WI013001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Print Date: 1/10/2025

    • 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: 45.8599930
  • Std. Longitude: -92.4107437
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 39N
  • Range: 17W
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: Burnett County, Wisconsin; about 2 miles southwest of Webeter; 100 feet south and 1430 feet west of the northeast corner
  • State: Wisconsin
  • County: WI013—Burnett
  • MLRA: 91—Wisconsin and Minnesota Sandy Outwash
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WI013—Burnett County, Wisconsin
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 45092-G4—Siren West, Wisconsin

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Clayey over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, frigid Umbric Epiaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Chelmo
  • Classificaton Date - 2/6/2012
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Chelmo
  • Classificaton Date - 3/1/2009
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: clayey lacustrine deposits and/or sandy outwash and/or sandy lacustrine deposits
  • Landform: lake plain, outwash plain
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/1/2009 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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

    umbric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—23

    23—61

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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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    —

    314

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    762

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    120

    5

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 6.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots; 0.9 medium tubular pores; 1 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; abrupt smooth boundary.
    Btg1—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay; strong coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 2.0 very fine tubular and 0.9 medium tubular pores; sand coats on all faces of peds and 6 percent prominent brown (7.5YR 5/2), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores and 6 percent faint grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, pressure faces; 21 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; gradual irregular boundary.
    Btg2—33 to 61 centimeters (13.0 to 24.0 inches); 80 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and 20 percent reddish brown (5YR 5/3) clay; weak medium prismatic parts to weak fine angular blocky structure; firm; 0.9 very fine roots throughout; 0.9 very fine tubular pores; 6 percent faint grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 6 percent faint grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, pressure faces; 3 percent medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; abrupt wavy boundary.
    2Cg—61 to 86 centimeters (24.0 to 33.9 inches); 80 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and 10 percent brown (10YR 5/3) and 10 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) stratified stratified loamy sand to sand to sandy loam; massive; friable; 0.9 very fine roots throughout; 0.9 fine tubular pores; 21 percent coarse prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; gradual wavy boundary.
    3C1—86 to 127 centimeters (33.9 to 50.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) sand; single grain; loose; 0.9 very fine interstitial pores; 1 percent fine faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual wavy boundary.
    3C2—127 to 203 centimeters (50.0 to 79.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sand; single grain; loose; 0.9 fine interstitial pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3.