IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Frechette
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1996WI078737
  • User Pedon ID: S1996WI078737
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • 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: 45.0924988
  • Std. Longitude: -88.5813904
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 30N
  • Range: 16E
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: Menominee County, Wisconsin; about 14 miles north to northeast of Keshena; 1700 feet north and 1350 feet east of the southwest 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: 45088-A5—Fredenberg Lake, Wisconsin

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, frigid Typic Glossudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Frechette
  • Classificaton Date - 5/30/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Frechette
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/2001
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/2001 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - 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—10

    30—114

    46—160

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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

    8

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    —

    325

    —

    775

    —

    128

    6

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    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), 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 4 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; abrupt wavy boundary.
    Bw1—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) 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 in matrix and 21 percent medium distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, worm casts in matrix; 1 percent by volume subrounded 75-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 13 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; abrupt 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; 3 percent by volume subrounded 75-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 9 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; abrupt wavy boundary.
    E/B—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and reddish brown (5YR 4/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; fine sandy loam, fine sandy loam; moderate medium platy, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 2.0 fine roots throughout; 26 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 10 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear wavy boundary.
    B/E1—46 to 76 centimeters (18.1 to 29.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) and brown (7.5YR 5/3), pink (7.5YR 7/3), dry; fine sandy loam, sandy loam; moderate fine 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; 2 percent by volume subrounded 75-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 4 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual wavy boundary.
    B/E2—76 to 114 centimeters (29.9 to 44.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) and brown (7.5YR 5/3), pink (7.5YR 7/3), dry; sandy loam, sandy loam; moderate coarse angular blocky, and weak thick platy, and weak medium platy structure; friable; 0.9 fine roots throughout; 26 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 6 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; gradual wavy boundary.
    Bt—114 to 160 centimeters (44.9 to 63.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse angular blocky, and weak medium platy structure; friable; 0.9 fine roots throughout; 6 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 26 percent faint brown (7.5YR 5/3), moist, sand coats on vertical faces of peds; 2 percent by volume subrounded 75-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 4 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual wavy boundary.
    C—160 to 203 centimeters (63.0 to 79.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) sandy loam; massive, and weak medium platy; friable; 0.9 fine roots throughout; 2 percent by volume subrounded 75-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 9 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2.