IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wayka
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1998WI078998
  • User Pedon ID: S1998WI078998
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Print Date: 4/22/2025

    • 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: 45.0556529
  • Std. Longitude: -88.7430949
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 30N
  • Range: 14E
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: Menominee County, Wisconsin; approximately 1810 feet west and 1150 feet south of the northeast corner
  • State: Wisconsin
  • County: WI078—Menominee
  • MLRA: 90A—Wisconsin and Minnesota Thin Loess and Till
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-RHI—Rhinelander, Wisconsin
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WI078—Menominee County, Wisconsin
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 45088-A6—Markton, Wisconsin

    • PEDON

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


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy drift
  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Bedrock: igneous, unspecified at 69cm
  • 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 - 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

    albic horizon

    spodic horizon

    glossic horizon

    3—8

    8—13

    43—53

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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

    2

    —

    —

    290

    —

    775

    —

    128

    6

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    Oa—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); black (7.5YR 2/1) muck; weak fine granular structure; very friable; 6.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; extremely acid, pH 4.0; abrupt wavy boundary.
    E—3 to 8 centimeters (1.2 to 3.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light gray (10YR 7/1), dry; sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 6.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; abrupt wavy boundary.
    Bs1—8 to 13 centimeters (3.1 to 5.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 6.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; abrupt wavy boundary.
    Bs2—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent medium strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear wavy boundary.
    Bs3—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 fine roots throughout; 1 percent medium strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear wavy boundary.
    E/B—43 to 53 centimeters (16.9 to 20.9 inches); 85 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and 15 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4), light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; fine sandy loam, sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.9 fine roots throughout; 6 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent medium strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 2 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear wavy boundary.
    2BC—53 to 69 centimeters (20.9 to 27.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) very gravelly loamy coarse sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.9 fine roots throughout; 40 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear wavy boundary.
    2R—69 to 152 centimeters (27.2 to 59.8 inches); bedrock; fragments.