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
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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
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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 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