IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Hersey
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1960WI093003
  • User Pedon ID: S1960WI093003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1960WI093003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1572
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 35180
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024
  • 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: 44.6886101
  • Std. Longitude: -92.1569443
  • Datum: WGS84
  • GPS - Positional Error: 10.00
  • Township: 26N
  • Range: 15W
  • Section: 35
  • PLSS Details: NE1/4SE1/4
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Wisconsin
  • County: WI093—Pierce
  • MLRA: 105—Upper Mississippi River Bedrock Controlled Uplands and Valleys
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-ONA—Onalaska, Wisconsin
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WI093—Pierce County, Wisconsin
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Paul Carroll
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Hersey
  • PSC - 36 to 86 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Classifier - Unknown
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Otterholt
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, frigid Haplic Glossudalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 36 to 86 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/28/1960
  • Classifier - Paul Carroll
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed
  • QA Status: not reviewed


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess over till
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • RaCA Information:
  • Plot/Site Set Up By - Unknown
  • Plot or Site Recorder - Unknown
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/28/1960 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Unknown
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ACER

    ULMUS

    Acer

    Ulmus

    maple

    elm

    tree

    tree

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    albic horizon

    —-

    —-

    —-

    —-

    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

    0

    899

    155

    8

    22

    -5

    12

    22

    2

    558

    0010

    RIVER FALLS 1.4 S, WI US

    NOAA

    A—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A12387
    E1—5 to 13 centimeters (2.0 to 5.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; weak thin platy structure; very friable; 21.0 very fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A12388
    E2—13 to 23 centimeters (5.1 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt loam; weak thin platy structure; very friable; 3.0 roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A12389
    BE—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate fine and medium platy parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt coats and pale brown (10YR 6/3); fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A12390
    Bt1—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak coarse prismatic, and weak medium platy parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 coarse roots; 30 percent faint silt coats on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A12391
    Bt2—56 to 81 centimeters (22.0 to 31.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak coarse prismatic, and weak coarse platy parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 coarse roots; 1 percent clay films; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A12392. patchy - phpvsfiid 1917183; patchy - phpvsfiid 1917183
    BC1—81 to 104 centimeters (31.9 to 40.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky, and weak coarse platy, and weak coarse prismatic structure; friable; 0.5 coarse roots; 10 percent clay films; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A12393. patchy - phpvsfiid 1917180; patchy - phpvsfiid 1917180
    BC2—104 to 122 centimeters (40.9 to 48.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 coarse roots; 10 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A12394
    2C1—122 to 150 centimeters (48.0 to 59.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay loam; very hard, moderately plastic; 10 percent faint clay films; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A12395
    2C2—150 to 183 centimeters (59.1 to 72.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay loam; very hard, moderately plastic; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A12396