IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Spoonerhill
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1998WI129009
  • User Pedon ID: S1998WI129009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Print Date: 4/26/2025

    • 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: 45.8436127
  • Std. Longitude: -91.9847260
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 39N
  • Range: 13W
  • Section: 28
  • Location Description: about 4 miles west of Spooner; located about 1,420 feet east and 100 feet south of the northwest corner
  • State: Wisconsin
  • County: WI129—Washburn
  • MLRA: 90A—Wisconsin and Minnesota Thin Loess and Till
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-RHI—Rhinelander, Wisconsin
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WI129—Washburn County, Wisconsin
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 45091-G8—Spooner, Wisconsin

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, frigid Oxyaquic Dystrudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Spoonerhill
  • Classificaton Date - 5/30/2012
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Spoonerhill
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/2006
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy alluvium and/or sandy alluvium and/or sandy till and/or sandy mudflow deposits
  • Landform: disintegration moraine
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/2006 (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

    cambic horizon

    8—30

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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

    4

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    —

    344

    —

    749

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    115

    6

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    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; sandy loam; strong coarse granular structure; friable; 6.0 very fine roots throughout and 6.0 medium roots and 6.0 fine roots and 0.9 coarse roots; 1 percent by volume subrounded 75-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 4 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; abrupt wavy boundary.
    Bw1—8 to 30 centimeters (3.1 to 11.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; gravelly sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots and 0.9 coarse roots; 2 percent by volume subrounded 75-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 20 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8; clear wavy boundary.
    2Bw2—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) gravelly loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots and 0.9 coarse roots; 2 percent by volume subrounded 75-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 15 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear wavy boundary.
    2E/B—41 to 86 centimeters (16.1 to 33.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) and brown (7.5YR 4/4), light brown (7.5YR 6/4), dry; loamy sand, loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 0.9 medium roots and 2.0 fine roots; 6 percent faint brown (7.5YR 4/3), moist, clay bridges between sand grains; 3 percent medium faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 2 percent by volume subrounded 75-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 7 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; gradual wavy boundary.
    2C1—86 to 117 centimeters (33.9 to 46.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sand; massive; very friable; 0.9 very fine roots throughout and 0.9 fine roots; 1 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron in matrix; 2 percent by volume subrounded 75-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 8 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear wavy boundary.
    2C2—117 to 155 centimeters (46.1 to 61.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) gravelly loamy sand; massive; friable; 0.9 very fine roots throughout; 2 percent by volume subrounded 75-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 15 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; abrupt wavy boundary.
    2C3—155 to 203 centimeters (61.0 to 79.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) gravelly loamy sand; massive; firm; 2 percent by volume subrounded 75-?-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 20 percent by volume subrounded 2-?-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3.