IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Keshena
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1994WI078268
  • User Pedon ID: S1994WI078268
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 95P0360
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 67378
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 44.9566650
  • Std. Longitude: -88.5086136
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 29N
  • Range: 16E
  • Section: 35
  • PLSS Details: 120 feet west and 320 feet south of the NE corner
  • State: Wisconsin
  • County: WI078—Menominee
  • MLRA: 94A—Northern Michigan Sandy Highlands
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WI078—Menominee County, Wisconsin
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44088-H5—Legend Lake, Wisconsin

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mike Mitchell
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 268
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Keshena
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Oxyaquic Haplorthods
  • Classificaton Date - 6/3/1994
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: toeslope
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/3/1994 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 39
  • 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
    • 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
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    3

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    Oe—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) broken face mucky peat; weak fine platy structure; very friable; moderate permeability; 6.0 fine roots; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described;. Hemic material which is part of a mat of partially decomposed forest litter. About 35 percent fiber unrubbed and 20 percent fiber rubbed.
    Oa—3 to 5 centimeters (1.2 to 2.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) broken face muck; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 6.0 fine roots; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described;. Sapric material which is part of a mat of partially decomposed forest litter. About 20 percent fiber unrubbed and 7 percent fiber rubbed.
    E—5 to 10 centimeters (2.0 to 3.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; fine sandy loam; weak medium platy structure; very friable; 6.0 fine roots; 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P02815; moist when described;. (S94WI-078-268-3)
    Bs1—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 6.0 fine roots; 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 6 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P02816; moist when described;. (S94WI-078-268-4)
    Bs2—18 to 38 centimeters (7.1 to 15.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 6.0 fine roots; 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 6 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P02817; moist when described;. (S94WI-078-268-5)
    E'—38 to 46 centimeters (15.0 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; fine sandy loam; moderate medium platy structure; friable; 6.0 fine roots; 3 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 6 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P02818; moist when described;. (S94WI-078-268-6)
    2Bt/E—46 to 74 centimeters (18.1 to 29.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; fine sandy loam; weak medium platy structure; friable; moderately slow permeability; 4.0 fine roots; 6 percent distinct brown (10YR 5/3) skeletans on vertical faces of peds and 30 percent distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) clay films on faces of peds; 26 percent fine dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) iron-manganese concretions throughout; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P02819; moist when described;. (S94WI-078-268-7)
    2Bt/E—46 to 74 centimeters (18.1 to 29.1 inches); 80 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; fragments. Lab sample # 95P02819
    2Bt1—74 to 107 centimeters (29.1 to 42.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; friable; 0.9 fine roots; 55 percent fine dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) iron-manganese concretions throughout; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P02820; moist when described;. (S94WI-078-268-8)
    2Bt2—107 to 135 centimeters (42.1 to 53.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak fine platy structure; friable; 0.7 fine roots; 55 percent distinct reddish brown (5YR 4/4) clay films in root channels and/or pores and 55 percent distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) clay films on vertical faces of peds; 55 percent fine dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) iron-manganese concretions throughout; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P02821; moist when described;. Has weathered 2.5Y 7/4 dolomite pebbles and cobbles. (S94WI-078-268-9)
    2C—135 to 229 centimeters (53.1 to 90.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) loam; weak thin platy structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very slight effervescence; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 95P02822; moist when described;. Has weathered 2.5Y 7/4 dolomite pebbles and cobbles. (S94WI-078-268-10) *