IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Frechette
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1996WI078735
  • User Pedon ID: S1996WI078735
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1996WI078735
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 97P0186
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 68661
  • Print Date: 12/9/2025

    • 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: 44.9577789
  • Std. Longitude: -88.6250000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 29N
  • Range: 15E
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: About 1735 feet east and 20 feet north of the southwest corner
  • State: Wisconsin
  • County: WI078—Menominee
  • MLRA: 95—Eastern Wisconsin, Northern Illinois, and Upper Michigan Drift Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WI078—Menominee County, Wisconsin
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 44088-H6—Keshena, Wisconsin

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mike J. Mitchell
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: representative pedon for component
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 735
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Frechette
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed Glossic Eutroboralfs
  • PSC - 46 to 96 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/23/1996
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: moraine
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/23/1996 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 89
  • Plant Association Name: Forest Habitat Type: AQVib(Ha)
  • 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

    ATHYR

    CODAR

    CORNU

    FAGUS

    HAMAM

    OSBE

    QUEL

    Athyrium

    Codariocalyx

    Cornus

    Fagus

    Hamamelis

    Osmorhiza berteroi

    Quercus ellipsoidalis

    ladyfern

    tick trefoil

    dogwood

    beech

    witchhazel

    sweetcicely

    northern pin oak

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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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    278

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    45

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    Oa—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); black (7.5YR 2/1) muck; moderate medium granular structure; very friable; 6.0 roots; , moist,; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described;. Sapric material which is a mat of partially decomposed forest litter. Lab sample for horizon not taken.
    A—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; 6.0 roots; 60 percent medium black (7.5YR 2/1) worm casts; 3 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 4 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P01360; moist when described;. (S96WI-078-735-2).
    Bw1—8 to 15 centimeters (3.1 to 5.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 6.0 roots; 4 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 8 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P01361; moist when described;. (S96WI-078-735-3).
    Bw2—15 to 36 centimeters (5.9 to 14.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 6.0 roots; 4 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 7 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P01362; moist when described;. (S96WI-078-735-4).
    E/Bt—36 to 46 centimeters (14.2 to 18.1 inches); 85 percent brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; sandy loam; weak medium platy structure; very friable; fragments. Lab sample # 97P01363; moist when described;
    E/Bt—36 to 46 centimeters (14.2 to 18.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 roots; 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P01363; moist when described;. (S96WI-078-725-5).
    Bt/E—46 to 84 centimeters (18.1 to 33.1 inches); 75 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) loam; moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; fragments. Lab sample # 97P01364, 97P01368; moist when described;
    Bt/E—46 to 84 centimeters (18.1 to 33.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3), pink (7.5YR 7/3), dry; sandy loam; weak medium platy structure; friable; 3.0 roots; 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 4 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P01364; moist when described;. (S96WI-078-735-6).
    Bt1—84 to 117 centimeters (33.1 to 46.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse angular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; reddish brown (5YR 5/3) clay films on faces of peds and 30 percent distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) clay films and 60 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 5/3) skeletans on vertical faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 4 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P01365; moist when described;. Horizon has weak medium and thick plates inherited from the parent material. (S96WI-078-735-7).
    Bt2—117 to 183 centimeters (46.1 to 72.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; 6 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) clay films on faces of peds and 60 percent faint brown (7.5YR 5/3) skeletans on vertical faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 7 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P01366; moist when described;. Horizon has weak medium plates inherited from the parent material. (S96WI-078-735-8).
    C—183 to 229 centimeters (72.0 to 90.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) sandy loam; massive; 0.5 roots; 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 7 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 97P01367; moist when described;. Horizon has moderate medium plates inherited from the parent material. (S96WI-078-735-9*).————————————————————————- (S96WI-078-735-10) Satellite sample of Bt part of Bt/E.