IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rubicon
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1949WI007002
  • User Pedon ID: 49WI007002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2031
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 36189
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 46.8180542
  • Std. Longitude: -91.3086090
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 50N
  • Range: 8W
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4, NE 1/4
  • Location Description: Bayfield County, 100 feet E of NW to SE side rd and 3 mile NE of Port Wing.
  • State: Wisconsin
  • County: WI007—Bayfield

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ableiter, Nygard, Muckenhirn, Kilmer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, frigid Entic Haplorthods
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Rubicon
  • Classificaton Date - 7/30/2008
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kalkaska
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1949
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: upland slope
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1949 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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
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    76

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    6

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    O1—0 to 0 centimeters (0.0 to 0.0 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A16168. consists of 1/4 inch of birch, oak, and forb leaves
    O2—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) interior and very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior and black (10YR 2/1) interior; 0.5 roots; fragments. Lab sample # 40A16169. 491004; peaty organic matter with some sand grains; forms a strong mat which can be cut loose and handled in patches or strips; contains mycelia, bits of charcoal and twigs; grades into a very thin, 1/4 inch, A1; few roots
    A2—3 to 21 centimeters (1.2 to 8.3 inches); dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2) interior, pinkish gray (5YR 6/2) interior and pinkish gray (5YR 7/2) interior, dry; loamy sand; very friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A16170. 491005; very weakly coherent; numerous roots up to 1/2 inch in diameter; some mixing and gradation in patches or pockets with the B2hir horizon below
    B2hir—21 to 44 centimeters (8.3 to 17.3 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior and reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior, light brown (7.5YR 6/4) interior and reddish brown (5YR 5/4) interior, dry; loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 2.5 roots; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A16171. 491006; spheres or zones of darker brown cemented ortstein about 2 to 6 inches in diameter occur and extend downward into the horizon below; these appear to be old root channels; the roots are mostly woody, 1/8 to 1/4 inch in diameter; common roots
    B3ir—44 to 56 centimeters (17.3 to 22.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior, reddish brown (5YR 5/4) interior, dry; loamy sand; very friable; 5.5 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A16172. 491007; weakly coherent with little struct; roots are generally woody and 1/8 to 1/4 inch in diameter; cylinders or tongues of cemented ortstein extend into this hzn from the B2hir hzn; a large rock extends through this hzn and into one abov; many roots
    B3—56 to 89 centimeters (22.0 to 35.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior and reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior, light reddish brown (5YR 6/4) interior, dry; sand; very friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A16173. 491008; weakly coherent to single grained; roots mostly vertical and woody; few roots
    C1—89 to 133 centimeters (35.0 to 52.4 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior sand; very friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A16174. 491009; slightly coherent to single grained; horizon has finer sand at upper limit and medium sand in lower part; few pebbles, about 1/2 inch in diameter, about 1/3 sandstone, 1/3 basalt, and remainder granite, quartzite and other rocks; few roots
    C2—133 to 166 centimeters (52.4 to 65.4 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) interior, pink (5YR 7/4) interior, dry; sand; structureless single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A16175. 491010