IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Branstad
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1975WI095002
  • User Pedon ID: 75WI095002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1628
  • User Project ID: GBSL_10-DUL22
  • Project Name: MLRA 90A - Grantsburg Sublobe Investigation
  • Print Date: 4/24/2025

    • 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: 45.5836029
  • Std. Longitude: -92.6710281
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 36N
  • Range: 19W
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: NW 1/4, 280 feet E of road and 350 feet S of large drainageway.
  • Location Description: Polk County, WI. R16W recorded on description changed to R19W.
  • State: Wisconsin
  • County: WI095—Polk
  • MLRA: 90A—Wisconsin and Minnesota Thin Loess and Till
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: A.J. Klingelhoets and G.B. Lee
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Oxyaquic Glossudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Branstad
  • Classificaton Date - 7/30/2008
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Cushing Taxadjunct
  • Classificaton Date - 7/1/1975
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-loamy till
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: moraine
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/1/1975 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: A.J. Klingelhoets and G.B. Lee
  • 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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    3

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    71

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    6

    22

    -11

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    1Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; friable; 5.5 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A12850. 760178; estimated 5% by volume coarse fragments over 2 mm and less than 1% over 3 inches in diameter; many roots
    1A2—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior sandy loam; moderate coarse platy structure; friable; 5.5 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A12851. 760179; estimated 5% by volume coarse fragments over 2 mm and less than 1% over 3 inches in diameter; many roots
    1A&B—33 to 51 centimeters (13.0 to 20.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior sandy loam; weak coarse platy, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.5 roots; 15 percent faint , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A12852. 760180; A2 material occupies about 60% of the horizon as tongues 10 to 30 mm thick extending into or completely surrounding remnants of dark brown 7.5YR 4/4 loam, B2t material; estimated less than 5% by volume coarse fragments greater than 2; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; many roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 213201; patchy - phpvsfiid 213201
    1B&A—51 to 79 centimeters (20.1 to 31.1 inches); 75 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 5.5 roots; faint , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A12853. 760181; tongues of brown 7.5YR 5/2 sandy loam, A2 material, extend to bottom of horizon; weak coarse platy structure; friable; estimated less than 5% by volume coarse fragments greater than 2 mm in diameter; many roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 213202; patchy - phpvsfiid 213202
    1B&A—79 to 104 centimeters (31.1 to 40.9 inches); 75 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 5.5 roots; faint , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A12854. 760182; tongues of brown 7.5YR 5/2 sandy loam, A2 material, extend to bottom of horizon; weak coarse platy structure; friable; estimated less than 5% by volume coarse fragments greater than 2 mm in diameter; many roots; few fine distinct 7.5YR56 mottles; patchy - phpvsfiid 213203; patchy - phpvsfiid 213203
    1Bg—104 to 124 centimeters (40.9 to 48.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior loam; 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct and 30 percent brown (7.5YR 5/2) fine distinct and 30 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A12855. 760183; few manganese spots 1 to 2 mm in diameter; about 5% by volume of fragments coarser than 2 mm in diameter, but less than 1% with diameter over 3 inches; few roots; many fine distinct 7.5YR56 mottles; many fine distinct 7.5YR52 mottles; many fine distinct 5YR56 mottles
    1C1—124 to 157 centimeters (48.8 to 61.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior loam; 30 percent pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) fine distinct and 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct and 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A12856. 760184; many manganese spots and streaks; about 5% by volume of coarse fragments over 2 mm in diameter; few roots; many fine distinct 7.5YR62 mottles; many fine distinct 7.5YR56 mottles; many fine distinct 7.5YR58 mottles
    1C2—157 to 198 centimeters (61.8 to 78.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) interior loam; 30 percent pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2) distinct and 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) distinct mottles; structureless massive; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A12857. 760185; many manganese spots and streaks; many distinct 7.5YR62 mottles; many distinct 7.5YR56 mottles