IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): ALMENA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1960WI119002
  • User Pedon ID: S1960WI119002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1960WI119002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1517
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 35125
  • 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: 45.2905540
  • Std. Longitude: -90.9058304
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 32N
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: about 400 feet south and 550 feet west of NE corner of
  • Location Description: Taylor County, Wisconsin. Pershing Township.
  • Map Unit: 59A—Almena 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: Paul H. Carroll
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, frigid Aquic Glossudalfs
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - ALMENA
  • Classificaton Date - 5/21/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Almena
  • Classificaton Date - 7/20/1960
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Anthropogenic Feature: leveled land
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/20/1960 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    TILIA

    Acer

    Tilia

    maple

    basswood

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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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    NOTES—; fragments. Coated grains and aggregates of altered feldspar somewhat more common in the till than in the loess. A count of 300 grains was made on Lab. No. 13603: 33% quartz and 67% non-quartz, the latter including 15% intermediate calcium plagioclase
    Aoo—0 to 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 40A11885
    A1—3 to 16 centimeters (1.2 to 6.3 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) silt loam; moderate very fine granular structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A11886
    A21—16 to 26 centimeters (6.3 to 10.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; silt loam; 21 percent brown (10YR 5/3) medium faint mottles; weak very thin platy structure; very friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A11887
    A22—26 to 36 centimeters (10.2 to 14.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; silt loam; yellowish red (5YR 5/8) prominent and 21 percent brown (10YR 5/3) medium faint mottles; weak thin platy structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A11888
    A23—36 to 49 centimeters (14.2 to 19.3 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; silt loam; yellowish red (5YR 5/8) prominent and 21 percent brown (10YR 5/3) medium faint mottles; weak thin platy, and medium structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A11889
    A\B—49 to 59 centimeters (19.3 to 23.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; 21 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) medium prominent mottles; moderate coarse prismatic parts to weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak thin platy structure; very friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11890. Mottles occupy approximately 50 percent of the B-horizon material.
    B2—59 to 79 centimeters (23.2 to 31.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; 21 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) medium prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky parts to weak medium platy structure; firm; faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11891. patchy - phpvsfiid 176388; patchy - phpvsfiid 176388
    B3—79 to 94 centimeters (31.1 to 37.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) silt loam; 21 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) medium faint mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to weak medium platy structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11892
    IIC—94 to 125 centimeters (37.0 to 49.2 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) sandy loam; weak coarse platy structure; weakly cemented; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11893
    IIC2—125 to 155 centimeters (49.2 to 61.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) sandy loam; weak coarse platy structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A11894. (slightly to medium acid).