IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Almena
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1960WI119001
  • User Pedon ID: S1960WI119001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5403
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 42648
  • 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: 45.3638878
  • Std. Longitude: -90.8213882
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 33N
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: about 200 feet north and 350 feet east of SW corner southwest quarter, southwest quarter
  • Location Description: McKinley Township
  • Map Unit: 59A—Almena silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes
  • State: Wisconsin
  • County: WI119—Taylor
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WI119—Taylor County, Wisconsin

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Paul H. Carroll
  • 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 PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Almena
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2006
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Almena
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive Aquic Glossoboralf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/1/1960
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/1/1960 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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

    1

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A40654
    E1—10 to 23 centimeters (3.9 to 9.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and light gray (10YR 7/2) silt loam; brown (10YR 5/3) medium faint mottles; weak very thin platy structure; very friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A40655
    E2—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and light gray (10YR 7/2) silt loam; brown (10YR 5/3) medium faint mottles; weak thin platy structure; friable; 0.5 coarse roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A40656
    B/E—36 to 48 centimeters (14.2 to 18.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; brown (10YR 4/3) medium faint and brown (7.5YR 4/4) medium faint mottles; moderate coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak medium platy structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 40A40657
    Btg1—48 to 64 centimeters (18.9 to 25.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; 50 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) medium prominent mottles; moderate medium angular blocky parts to weak medium platy structure; very firm; brown (7.5YR 5/2) clay films on all faces of peds and clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A40658. continuous - phpvsfiid 199401; continuous - phpvsfiid 199401
    Btg1—48 to 64 centimeters (18.9 to 25.2 inches); fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A40663
    Btg2—64 to 81 centimeters (25.2 to 31.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; 50 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; clay films; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A40659. continuous - phpvsfiid 202179; continuous - phpvsfiid 202179
    Bt1—81 to 104 centimeters (31.9 to 40.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; reddish brown (5YR 4/3) medium prominent mottles; moderate coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky parts to weak medium platy structure; friable; clay films; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A40660. continuous - phpvsfiid 202182; continuous - phpvsfiid 202182
    2Bt2—104 to 135 centimeters (40.9 to 53.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) and brown (7.5YR 5/2) gravelly loam; weak thin platy structure; weakly coherent; clay films; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A40661. patchy - phpvsfiid 202280; patchy - phpvsfiid 202280
    2C—142 to 165 centimeters (55.9 to 65.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) gravelly sandy loam; weak thin platy, and weak medium platy structure; friable, weakly coherent; clay films; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A40662. patchy - phpvsfiid 202281; patchy - phpvsfiid 202281