IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kewaunee
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2010WI001001
  • User Pedon ID: S2010WI001001
  • User Site Association ID: MLRA 95 - Kewaunee Western Sand Capped Project
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Print Date: 4/28/2025

    • 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: 43.6669800
  • Std. Longitude: -89.6716100
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 14N
  • Range: 7E
  • Section: 28
  • State: Wisconsin
  • County: WI001—Adams
  • MLRA: 95—Eastern Wisconsin, Northern Illinois, and Upper Michigan Drift Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WI001—Adams County, Wisconsin
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43089-F6—Big Spring, Wisconsin

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: C. Miller, K. Petges and N. Irizarry
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kewaunee
  • Classificaton Date - 7/14/2010
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy drift over loamy till over clayey till
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/14/2010 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Current Weather - sunny
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion rill
    • 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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    262

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    180

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    A—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; very fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 medium roots throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.; dry when described; observed in pit, small
    EB—20 to 31 centimeters (7.9 to 12.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; very fine sandy loam; moderate coarse platy parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; gradual wavy boundary.
    Bw—31 to 43 centimeters (12.2 to 16.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dry; very fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 20 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) iron-manganese nodules throughout; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 857475; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 857475
    2Bt1—43 to 53 centimeters (16.9 to 20.9 inches);, dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), dry; loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary.
    2Bt2—53 to 74 centimeters (20.9 to 29.1 inches);, brown (7.5YR 4/4), dry; sandy clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 fine roots throughout; 35 percent faint dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent fine irregular greenish black (10Y 2/1) iron-manganese nodules throughout; 9 percent by volume mixed fragments; clear smooth boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 857476; continuous - phpvsfiid 857476
    2Bt3—74 to 91 centimeters (29.1 to 35.8 inches);, brown (7.5YR 4/4), dry; clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 2.0 fine roots throughout; 75 percent faint dusky red (7.5R 3/4) clay films on all faces of peds; 15 percent fine irregular black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese nodules throughout; 10 percent by volume mixed fragments; clear smooth boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 857477; continuous - phpvsfiid 857477
    2Bt4—91 to 112 centimeters (35.8 to 44.1 inches);, brown (7.5YR 4/4), dry; silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots throughout; 68 percent faint brown (7.5YR 4/3) clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent fine irregular black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese nodules throughout; 5 percent by volume mixed fragments; gradual smooth boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 857478; continuous - phpvsfiid 857478
    2Bt5—112 to 137 centimeters (44.1 to 53.9 inches);, brown (7.5YR 4/3), dry; silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 68 percent faint weak red (7.5R 4/4) clay films on all faces of peds; 5 percent by volume mixed fragments; gradual smooth boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 857479; continuous - phpvsfiid 857479
    2BC—137 to 191 centimeters (53.9 to 75.2 inches);, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent by volume mixed fragments; strong effervescence; clear smooth boundary.
    2C—191 to 213 centimeters (75.2 to 83.9 inches);, yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; silt loam; structureless massive; friable; 5 percent by volume mixed fragments; violent effervescence.