IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Maplehurst
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990WI119011
  • User Pedon ID: 90WI119011
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1990WI119011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0494
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 63537
  • Print Date: 11/27/2024

    • 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: 45.0358315
  • Std. Longitude: -90.8702774
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 30N
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: 2300 feet W and 1600 feet N of the SE corner
  • Location Description: Taylor County, WI.
  • Map Unit: 324A—Maplehurst silt loam, 0 to 3 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 Aquic 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 #: 11
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Maplehurst
  • PSC - 46 to 97 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/18/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Poskin Variant
  • Classificaton Date - 8/1/1990
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: terrace—outwash or marine
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • 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
  • 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

    MESA

    PHLEU

    TRPR2

    Medicago sativa

    Phleum

    Trifolium pratense

    alfalfa

    timothy

    red clover

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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—46

    25—46

    46—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 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior silt loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 2.5 fine and medium roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P02829. light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) after exposure to air dry; common fine and medium roots throughout; few fine prominent 7.5YR56 mottles
    E/B—25 to 46 centimeters (9.8 to 18.1 inches); 70 percent brown (10YR 5/3) exterior silt loam; grayish brown (10YR 5/2) faint and 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; weak medium platy structure; friable; 2.5 fine and medium roots throughout; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P02830. light gray (10YR 7/2) after exposure to air dry (E); extends as tongues into or completely surrounds some remnants of dark brown (7.5YR 4/4) exterior silt loam (Bt); few fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; common fine and medium roots throughout; common medium prominent 7.5YR56 mottles
    B/E—46 to 71 centimeters (18.1 to 28.0 inches); 60 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) exterior silt loam; grayish brown (10YR 5/2) faint and 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 15 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on horizontal faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P02831. penetrated by tongues of brown (10YR 5/3) exterior silt loam; light gray (10YR 7/2) after exposure to air dry (E); few fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; few clay films surface features on horizontal faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; common medium prominent 7.5YR56 mottles; patchy - phpvsfiid 226750; patchy - phpvsfiid 226750
    Bt1—71 to 102 centimeters (28.0 to 40.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) exterior silt loam; grayish brown (10YR 5/2) distinct and 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 15 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P02832. few fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; few clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; few fine roots throughout; many medium prominent 7.5YR56 mottles; patchy - phpvsfiid 226751; patchy - phpvsfiid 226751
    Bt2—102 to 130 centimeters (40.2 to 51.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) exterior very fine sandy loam; grayish brown (10YR 5/2) distinct and 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 15 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine spherical iron-manganese concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P02833. few fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; many medium prominent 7.5YR56 mottles; patchy - phpvsfiid 226752; patchy - phpvsfiid 226752
    2C—130 to 152 centimeters (51.2 to 59.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) exterior gravelly sand; single grain; loose; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog. no sample; 20% gravel mixed