Laserfiche WebLink
MUSKEG4 SERIES <br /> The N(uskego series consists of very deep,very poorly drained soils formed in herbaceous organic material <br /> over coprogenous limnic material(sedimentary peat)on giacial lake plains and flood plains.These soils ' <br /> have n�oderate or ntoderately rapid <br /> permeability in ttte lierbaceous or�anic material and sto�v permeability in the coprogenous material. Slopes ' <br /> range from 0 to 2 percenL �fean annaal precipitation is about 30 inches near the typicat pedon site. Mean <br /> a�inual temperature is about 49 degrees , <br /> F. ' <br /> TAXONONIIC CLASS: Coprogenous,euic,mesic Limnic Haplosaprists , <br /> TYPICAL PEDON: Muskego muck- an a slope of less than 1 percent in a cu(tivated <br /> field at an elevation of about 8l5 feet. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise stated.) <br /> Oap--Q to 9 inches; b(ack (lOYR?/1) broken face and rubbed muck(sapric material); , <br /> about 2� percent fiber,4 percent rubbed; moderate very thick platy structure parting to ' <br /> moderate fine subangular blocky; friable; many fine coots; mostly herbaceous fiber; ' <br /> neutral; abrupt smooth boundary. ', <br /> Oa1--9 to 1� inches; black(lOYR 2/1) broken face rr�uck (sapric materia!); about 30 <br /> percent fiber, 5 percent rubbed; moderate very thick platy str�cture parting to moderate <br /> fine subangular blocky; friable; many fine roots; mostly herbaceous fibec; neutral; abrupt <br /> smooth boundary�. <br /> Oa2--14 to 30 inches; dark brown(7.SYR 3/2}broken face muck (sapric material) with ', <br /> few thin(less than 1 inch) layers af mucky peat (hemic material); about 50 percent fiber, ', <br /> 7 percent rubbed; �veak thin platy structure; few fine roats; slightly acid;gradual smooth , <br /> boundary. <br /> Lcol--30 to 48 inches; dark olive gray (SY 3/2} coprogenous material with fine thin (less <br /> than 1 inch) lenses of yellowish brown (lOYR 5/6) mucky peat(hemic material); weak <br /> very thin platy structure; slightly plastic; neutral; diffuse smooth boundary. <br /> Lco2--�8 to 60 inclles; vecy dark grayish brown (2.SY 3/2) coprogenous materiai; <br /> massive; s[ightly plastic; slightly alkaline. <br /> TYPE LOCATION: Ozaukee County, Wisconsin; about 1 mile east and 2 l/2 miles <br /> south of Fredonia; 2,500 feet north and 500 feet west of the soutlieast corner of sec. l 1, <br /> T. 1 I N., R. 21 E. or 350 feet north and 375 feet 4vest of end of farmstead driveway; <br /> USGS Fort Washington topobraphic quadrangle; latitude - 43 degrees, 25 minutes, 58 <br /> seconds N. and longitude - 37 degrees, 56 minutes, 34 seconds W.NAD 27. <br /> ItANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS: Tl�ickness of the fierbaceous organic layers and <br /> depth to coprogenous material (sedimentary peat) ranges from i 6 to 51 inches. Fibecs are <br /> decived primarily from herbaceous plants. Some pedons contain fragments of twigs, <br /> branches, or logs that range from U8 to 5 inches in diameter and amount to less than 15 <br /> percent of the volume. Ezeaction ranges from strongly acid to neutral (water, 1:1) in the <br /> surface tier and from strongly acid to slightly alkaline (water, 1:1) in the subsurface and ' <br /> � <br />