IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Loyal
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1990WI119012
  • User Pedon ID: 90WI119012
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1990WI119012
  • User Site Association ID: MLRA 90B - Loyal Catena DSM Spatial Update
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 91P0495
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024
  • 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: 45.0330544
  • Std. Longitude: -90.5661087
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 30N
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: 2350 feet W and 725 feet N of the SE corner
  • Location Description: Taylor County, WI.
  • Map Unit: 355B—Loyal 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 Oxyaquic Glossudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 12
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Loyal
  • PSC - 33 to 84 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2006
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Loyal
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Glossoboralf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1990
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1990 (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

    AVENA

    MESA

    Avena

    Medicago sativa

    oat

    alfalfa

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—33

    33—99

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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

    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 medium roots throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 91P02834. brown (10YR 5/3) after exposure to air dry; common medium roots throughout
    E/B—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); 70 percent brown (10YR 5/3) exterior silt loam; moderate medium platy structure; friable; 2.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P02835. 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 roots throughout
    B/E—33 to 46 centimeters (13.0 to 18.1 inches); 60 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) exterior silt loam; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine 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; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P02836. 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; common fine distinct 10YR56 mottles; patchy - phpvsfiid 226753; patchy - phpvsfiid 226753
    Bt1—46 to 64 centimeters (18.1 to 25.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) exterior silt loam; 30 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 5.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P02837. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; many medium distinct 7.5YR56 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 226754; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 226754
    2Bt2—64 to 84 centimeters (25.2 to 33.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) exterior loam; 11 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 37 percent faint dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P02838. 5% gravel mixed; common clay films surface features on faces of peds; common medium distinct 5YR56 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 226755; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 226755
    2Bt3—84 to 99 centimeters (33.1 to 39.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) exterior loam; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent faint reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 91P02839. 5% gravel mixed; few clay films surface features on vertical faces of peds; few fine distinct 5YR56 mottles; patchy - phpvsfiid 226756; patchy - phpvsfiid 226756
    2C—99 to 152 centimeters (39.0 to 59.8 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) exterior loam; massive; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 91P02840