IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Keshena
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1996WI078733
  • User Pedon ID: S1996WI078733
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • 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: 44.9355545
  • Std. Longitude: -88.5772247
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 28N
  • Range: 16E
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: Menominee County, Wisconsin; located about 1,910 feet west and 2,590 feet north of the southeast corner
  • State: Wisconsin
  • County: WI078—Menominee
  • MLRA: 94B—Michigan Eastern Upper Peninsula Sandy Glacial Deposits
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-RHI—Rhinelander, Wisconsin
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WI078—Menominee County, Wisconsin
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44088-H5—Legend Lake, Wisconsin

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, active, frigid Oxyaquic Glossudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Keshena
  • Classificaton Date - 5/30/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Keshena
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/2006
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy till
  • Landform: moraine
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/2006 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    glossic horizon

    argillic horizon

    0—8

    30—124

    53—191

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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

    5

    —

    —

    299

    —

    775

    —

    128

    6

    —

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    —

    —

    —

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; fine sandy loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 6.0 fine roots throughout; 2 percent by volume subrounded 75-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 3 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; abrupt wavy boundary.
    Bw1—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 6.0 fine roots throughout; 21 percent coarse distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, worm casts and 21 percent medium distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, worm casts; 2 percent by volume subrounded 75-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear wavy boundary.
    Bw2—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 6.0 fine roots throughout; 2 percent by volume subrounded 75-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 12 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear wavy boundary.
    E/B—30 to 48 centimeters (11.8 to 18.9 inches); 70 percent brown (7.5YR 5/3) and reddish brown (5YR 4/4), pink (7.5YR 7/3), dry; fine sandy loam, loam; weak medium platy, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 6.0 fine roots throughout; 6 percent distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume subrounded 75-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 9 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear wavy boundary.
    B/E1—48 to 76 centimeters (18.9 to 29.9 inches); 75 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) and brown (7.5YR 5/3), pink (7.5YR 7/3), dry; loam, sandy loam; moderate fine angular blocky, and weak medium platy structure; firm; 2.0 fine roots throughout; 26 percent distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 3 percent fine distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2), moist, iron-manganese concretions in matrix and 3 percent medium prominent dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2), moist, iron-manganese concretions in matrix; 1 percent by volume subrounded 75-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 4 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; gradual wavy boundary.
    B/E2—76 to 124 centimeters (29.9 to 48.8 inches); 85 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) and brown (7.5YR 5/3), pink (7.5YR 7/3), dry; loam, loam; moderate medium angular blocky, and weak medium platy structure; firm; 2.0 fine roots throughout; 51 percent distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 3 percent fine prominent red (2.5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 3 percent fine distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2), moist, iron-manganese concretions in matrix and 3 percent medium prominent dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2), moist, iron-manganese concretions in matrix; 1 percent by volume subrounded 75-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 2 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual wavy boundary.
    Bt1—124 to 155 centimeters (48.8 to 61.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 0.9 fine roots throughout; 26 percent distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 51 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 5/3), moist, sand coats on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 3 percent fine distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2), moist, iron-manganese concretions in matrix and 3 percent medium distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2), moist, iron-manganese concretions in matrix; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 1 percent by volume subrounded 75-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual wavy boundary.
    Bt2—155 to 191 centimeters (61.0 to 75.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.9 fine roots throughout; 26 percent distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 26 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 5/3), moist, sand coats on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent dark red (2.5YR 3/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix and 1 percent fine distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2), moist, iron-manganese concretions in matrix; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments and 1 percent by volume subrounded 75-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual wavy boundary.
    C—191 to 203 centimeters (75.2 to 79.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) silt loam; massive; friable; 0.9 fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume subrounded 75-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 3 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6.