IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Blackriver
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990WI119010
  • User Pedon ID: 90WI119010
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1990WI119010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0493
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63536
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 45.0380554
  • Std. Longitude: -90.8675003
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 30N
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: 1600 feet W and 2400 feet N of the SE corner
  • Location Description: Taylor County, WI.
  • Map Unit: 308B—Blackriver silt loam, 1 to 6 percent slopes
  • State: Wisconsin
  • County: WI119—Taylor
  • MLRA: 90—Central Wisconsin and Minnesota Thin Loess and Till
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WI119—Taylor County, Wisconsin

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W.D. Fiala and R.A. Dahl
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, frigid Haplic Glossudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 10
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Blackriver
  • PSC - 43 to 94 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/5/2010
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Spencer, gravelly substratum
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1990
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: terrace—outwash or marine
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/1/1990 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ZEMA

    Zea mays

    corn

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    argillic horizon

    0—43

    20—43

    43—130

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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
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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) exterior silt loam; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 2.5 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P02820. common fine and medium roots throughout
    E/B—20 to 43 centimeters (7.9 to 16.9 inches); 70 percent brown (10YR 5/3) exterior silt loam; weak coarse platy, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P02821. E part 8 to 17" 91P2822 and Bt part 8 to 17" 91P2823, very pale brown (10YR 7/3) after exposure to air dry (E); extends as tongues into or completely surrounds some remnants of dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) exterior silt loam (Bt); common fine and medium roots throughout
    B/E—43 to 58 centimeters (16.9 to 22.8 inches); 70 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) exterior silt loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 15 percent faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on horizontal faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P02824. penetrated by tongues of brown (10YR 5/3) exterior silt loam; very pale brown (10YR 7/3) after exposure to air dry (E); few clay films surface features on horizontal faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; few medium distinct 7.5YR56 mottles; patchy - phpvsfiid 226746; patchy - phpvsfiid 226746
    Bt1—58 to 81 centimeters (22.8 to 31.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) exterior silt loam; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 37 percent faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P02825. penetrated by interfingering of E in upper 3 inches; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; common medium distinct 7.5YR56 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 226747; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 226747
    Bt2—81 to 112 centimeters (31.9 to 44.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) exterior silt loam; 1 percent brown (7.5YR 5/2) fine and 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 37 percent faint dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P02826. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; few fine 7.5YR52 mottles; common medium distinct 7.5YR56 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 226748; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 226748
    2Bt3—112 to 130 centimeters (44.1 to 51.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) exterior sandy loam; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films between sand grains; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P02827. 10% gravel mixed; few clay films surface features between sand grains; common medium distinct 7.5YR56 mottles; patchy - phpvsfiid 226749; patchy - phpvsfiid 226749
    2C—130 to 152 centimeters (51.2 to 59.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) exterior gravelly sand; single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 91P02828. 8% silt and clay; 20% gravel mixed