IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Loyal
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988WI019002
  • User Pedon ID: S1988WI019002
  • User Site Association ID: MLRA 90B - Loyal Catena DSM Spatial Update
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 89P0242
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 61346
  • 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: 44.7127762
  • Std. Longitude: -90.5136108
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 26N
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: 1115 feet north and 745 feet east of the southwest corner
  • Location Description: Clark County, Wisconsin; about 1 mile S of Loyal.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Wisconsin
  • County: WI019—Clark
  • MLRA: 90B—Central Wisconsin Thin Loess Dissected Till Plain
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-RHI—Rhinelander, Wisconsin
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WI019—Clark County, Wisconsin
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: H. Lorenz, R. Johannes, and T. Meyer.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Oxyaquic Glossudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Loyal
  • 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 - 10/1/1988
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed
  • QA Status: not reviewed


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess and/or till
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1988 (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
  • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    glossic horizon

    redox concentrations

    argillic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—23

    23—30

    30—74

    30—107

    53—107

    53—152

    —-

    —-

    —-

    —-

    —-

    —-

    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

    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 2.5 very fine and fine roots and 2.5 medium roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P01375. common very fine and fine roots; common medium roots
    E—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; silt loam; moderate thick platy, and moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P01376. few very fine and fine roots; few medium roots
    E/B—30 to 53 centimeters (11.8 to 20.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and pale brown (10YR 6/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; silt loam; 11 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) medium distinct mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P01377. E occupies about 75 percent of the horizon and penetrates or fully surrounds isolated remnants of Bt silt loam; few very fine and fine roots; few medium roots; common medium distinct 7.5YR68 mottles
    2B/E—53 to 74 centimeters (20.9 to 29.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) and pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), white (N 8/0), dry; loam, silt loam; 1 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) fine prominent mottles; strong coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, hellige-truog; gradual irregular boundary. Lab sample # 89P01378. Bt occupies about 70 percent of the horizon; few very fine and fine roots; few fine prominent 7.5YR66 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 1307645; continuous - phpvsfiid 1307645
    2Bt1—74 to 91 centimeters (29.1 to 35.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) sandy clay loam; 1 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) fine prominent mottles; strong medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P01379. few fine prominent 7.5YR66 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 1307646; continuous - phpvsfiid 1307646
    2Bt2—91 to 107 centimeters (35.8 to 42.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) loam; 1 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; yellowish red (5YR 5/6), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P01380. few fine prominent 7.5YR66 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1307647; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1307647
    2BC—107 to 119 centimeters (42.1 to 46.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 89P01381
    2Cd1—119 to 147 centimeters (46.9 to 57.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) loam; massive; firm; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 89P01382
    2Cd2—147 to 152 centimeters (57.9 to 59.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) sandy loam; massive; firm; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 89P01383