IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Frechette
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1996WI078736
  • User Pedon ID: S1996WI078736
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 97P0187
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 68662
  • Print Date: 12/8/2025

    • 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: 44.8613853
  • Std. Longitude: -88.6758881
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 28N
  • Range: 15E
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: About 660 feet west and 1600 feet north of the southeast 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-G6—Thornton, Wisconsin

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mike J. Mitchell
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 736
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Frechette
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed Glossic Eutroboralfs
  • PSC - 66 to 116 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/2/1997
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/2/1997 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 197
  • 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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    13

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    293

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    ; fragments. Lab sample # 97P01377. (S96WI-078-736-10). Satellite sample of E part of E/Bt.
    Oa—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); black (7.5YR 2/1) muck; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 6.0 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary.; moist when described;. Sapric material which is a mat of partially decomposed forest litter. Lab sample not taken for horizon.
    A—3 to 10 centimeters (1.2 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; very friable; 6.0 roots; 3 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P01369; moist when described;. (S96WI-078-736-2).
    Bw1—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 6.0 roots; 30 percent medium very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) worm casts; 4 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 6 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P01370; moist when described;. (S96WI-078-736-3).
    Bw2—18 to 38 centimeters (7.1 to 15.0 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 6 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P01371; moist when described;. (S96WI-078-736-4).
    E/Bt—38 to 66 centimeters (15.0 to 26.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) sandy loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 roots; 10 percent distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) clay films on 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; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P01372; moist when described;. (S96WI-078-736-5).
    E/Bt—38 to 66 centimeters (15.0 to 26.0 inches); 85 percent brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; sandy loam; weak thin platy structure; very friable; fragments. Lab sample # 97P01372, 97P01377; moist when described;
    Bt/E1—66 to 94 centimeters (26.0 to 37.0 inches); 60 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) sandy loam; moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; fragments. Lab sample # 97P01373; moist when described;
    Bt/E1—66 to 94 centimeters (26.0 to 37.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; sandy loam; weak medium platy structure; very 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; slightly acid, pH 6.1, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P01373; moist when described;. (S96WI-078-736-6).
    Bt/E2—94 to 132 centimeters (37.0 to 52.0 inches); 75 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium angular blocky structure; friable; fragments. Lab sample # 97P01374; moist when described;
    Bt/E2—94 to 132 centimeters (37.0 to 52.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; sandy loam; weak medium platy structure; very 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; slightly acid, pH 6.1, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P01374; moist when described;. Horizon has weak medium plates inherited from the parent material. (S96WI-078-736-7).
    Bt—132 to 178 centimeters (52.0 to 70.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse angular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; 6 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) clay films on faces of peds and 60 percent distinct brown (10YR 5/3) skeletans on vertical faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 6 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 97P01375; moist when described;. Horizon has weak medium plates inherited from the parent material. (S96WI-078-736-8).
    C—178 to 216 centimeters (70.1 to 85.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) sandy loam; massive; friable; 0.5 roots; 3 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 6 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 97P01376; moist when described;. Horizon has weak medium plates inherited from the parent material. (S96WI-078-736-9)*.