IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Almena
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989WI019044
  • User Pedon ID: S1989WI019044
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0444
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 62377
  • Print Date: 2/3/2025

    • 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: 44.9691658
  • Std. Longitude: -90.8408356
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 29N
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: 1700 feet south and 100 feet east of the northwest corner
  • Location Description: Clark County, Wisconsin.
  • 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-ONA—Onalaska, Wisconsin
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WI019—Clark County, Wisconsin

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: H. Lorenz, T. Meyer, R. Johannes, M. Kluz.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, frigid Aquic Glossudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 44
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Almena
  • PSC - 30 to 66 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/4/2006
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Almena
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, frigid Aeric Glossaqualf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1989
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aeric
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: till
  • Landscape: upland
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1989 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous 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

    argillic horizon

    0—30

    20—30

    30—66

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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

    2

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    348

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    315

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; 5.5 very fine and fine roots throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P02482. many very fine and fine roots throughout
    E—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light gray (10YR 7/1), dry; silt loam; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; strong thick platy structure; friable; 2.5 fine roots throughout; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P02483. common fine roots throughout; common fine prominent 7.5YR56 mottles
    B/E—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and 75 percent brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; silt loam; 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 fine roots; 15 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P02484. few clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; common fine roots; many medium prominent 7.5YR56 mottles; patchy - phpvsfiid 1307663; patchy - phpvsfiid 1307663
    Btg—51 to 66 centimeters (20.1 to 26.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium prominent mottles; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 15 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 15 percent , moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P02485. few clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; few manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; many medium prominent 10YR58 mottles; patchy - phpvsfiid 1307664; patchy - phpvsfiid 1307664
    BCg—66 to 94 centimeters (26.0 to 37.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium prominent mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 15 percent , moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P02486. few manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features; few fine roots throughout; many medium prominent 10YR58 mottles
    C1—94 to 117 centimeters (37.0 to 46.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; 11 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium faint mottles; massive; friable; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 15 percent , moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P02487. few manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features on faces of peds and in pores; few fine roots throughout; common medium faint 10YR52 mottles
    2Cd2—117 to 152 centimeters (46.1 to 59.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/3) loam; massive; friable; 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter mixed fragments and 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 90P02488