IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Beaverbay
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2003WI003012
  • User Pedon ID: S2003WI003012
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S2003WI003012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 03N0895
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 16296
  • 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: 46.1542511
  • Std. Longitude: -90.7483597
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 42N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 4
  • PLSS Details: 200 feet south and 2,900 feet west of the NE corner
  • State: Wisconsin
  • County: WI003—Ashland
  • MLRA: 90—Central Wisconsin and Minnesota Thin Loess and Till
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WI003—Ashland County, Wisconsin
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 46090-B6—Morse, Wisconsin

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mark Krupinski, Kevin Traastad, Deanna Anderson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Alfic Oxyaquic Haplorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 12
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Beaverbay
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Alfic Oxyaquic Haplorthods
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/19/2003
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eighth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty eolian deposits over sandy lodgement till
  • Landform: drumlin on till plain
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.05 percent 200- to 600-millimeter
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/19/2003 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    ACSA3

    ARTR

    ATFI

    CATH2

    CONVA

    IMCA

    Acer saccharum

    Arisaema triphyllum

    Athyrium filix-femina

    Caulophyllum thalictroides

    Convallaria

    Impatiens capensis

    sugar maple

    Jack in the pulpit

    common ladyfern

    blue cohosh

    convallaria

    jewelweed

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    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    densic material

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    94 - 203

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    spodic horizon

    argillic horizon

    0—15

    15—53

    74—94

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    —38—

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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

    1

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    479

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    135

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    A—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; 10.0 very fine roots and 4.0 medium roots and 10.0 fine roots and 4.0 coarse roots; 1 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N04588; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bhs—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 4.0 very fine roots and 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots; 1 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 2 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N04589; moist when described;
    Bs—25 to 53 centimeters (9.8 to 20.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 4.0 very fine roots and 4.0 medium roots and 4.0 fine roots; 1 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 4 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N04590; moist when described;
    E/B—53 to 74 centimeters (20.9 to 29.1 inches); 20 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) and 80 percent brown (7.5YR 5/3), light brown (7.5YR 6/3), dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine prismatic parts to weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium prismatic parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 25 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; 4 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 8 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N04591; moist when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 245169; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 245169
    2B/Ex—74 to 94 centimeters (29.1 to 37.0 inches); 85 percent brown (7.5YR 4/3) and 15 percent brown (7.5YR 5/3), light brown (7.5YR 6/3), dry; gravelly sandy loam, gravelly loamy sand; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; 25 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/3) clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 15 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 03N04592; moist when described;. About 50% fragic peds in this horizon.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 245170; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 245170
    2BC1—94 to 132 centimeters (37.0 to 52.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) gravelly loamy sand; weak medium platy structure; friable; 1 percent medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent medium faint reddish brown (5YR 5/3) iron depletions and 1 percent coarse faint reddish brown (5YR 5/3) iron depletions; 2 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 18 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N04593; moist when described;. Texture includes about 10% sl in pockets.
    2BC2—132 to 173 centimeters (52.0 to 68.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) gravelly loamy sand; structureless massive; friable; 10 percent fine distinct yellowish red (5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron and 10 percent medium distinct yellowish red (5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 18 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 03N04594; wet when described;. Has platy-like soil fragments. Texture includes about 25% sl in pockets.
    3Cd—173 to 203 centimeters (68.1 to 79.9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) gravelly sandy loam; structureless massive; very firm; 2 percent by volume 75-?-250 millimeter unspecified fragments and 18 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 03N04595; moist when described;. Has platy-like soil fragments. Texture includes about 25% ls in pockets.