IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): WURTSMITH
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1994WI129010
  • User Pedon ID: S1994WI129010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 95P0311
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 67329
  • 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: 45.9000015
  • Std. Longitude: -91.7102814
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 39N
  • Range: 11W
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: 30 feet south and 2150 feet west of northeast corner
  • Map Unit: 3126A—Wurtsmith loamy sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes
  • State: Wisconsin
  • County: WI129—Washburn
  • MLRA: 94A—Northern Michigan Sandy Highlands
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WI129—Washburn County, Wisconsin
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 45091-H6—Springbrook, Wisconsin

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Fred Simeth
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Mixed, frigid Oxyaquic Udipsamments
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - WURTSMITH
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/22/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Friendship
  • Taxonomic Class - Mixed, frigid Oxyaquic Udipsamment
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/22/1994
  • Moisture SUBClass - oxyaquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: plains
  • Landform: flat
  • Anthropogenic Feature: leveled land
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/22/1994 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 188-18
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    0—23

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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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    90

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loamy sand; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 10.0 very fine roots; 0.0 very fine tubular pores; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P02381. (S94WI-129-10-1)
    Bw—23 to 64 centimeters (9.1 to 25.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 very fine roots; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P02382. (S94WI-129-10-2)
    BC—64 to 94 centimeters (25.2 to 37.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) sand; single grain; loose; 1.0 very fine roots; 4 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P02383. (S94WI-129-10-3)
    C1—94 to 122 centimeters (37.0 to 48.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sand; single grain; loose; 4 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P02384. (S94WI-129-10-4)
    C2—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) sand; single grain; loose; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 95P02385. (S94WI-129-10-5)*