IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Valton

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S1989WI081005

User Pedon ID: S1989WI081005

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 90P0567

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 62500

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: 43.7941666

Std. Longitude: -90.6919479

Datum: WGS84

GPS - Positional Error: 10.00

Township: 15N

Range: 3W

Section: 12

PLSS Details: 1670 feet south and 40 feet east of the northwest corner

Country: US—United States

State: Wisconsin

County: WI081—Monroe

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: WI081—Monroe County, Wisconsin

PEDON

Describers Name: Dave Omernik

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty over clayey, mixed, superactive, mesic Mollic Paleudalfs

Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct

Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data

Pedon #: 5

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Valton

PSC - 28 to 78 cm.

Classificaton Date - 5/13/2015

Classifier - Michael England

Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition

Moisture Class - udic

Moisture Subclass - typic

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Valton

Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Mollic Paleudalfs

Taxon Kind - series

PSC - 28 to 78 cm.

Classificaton Date - 9/1/1989

Classifier - Unknown

Moisture Class - udic

Moisture SUBClass - typic

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Erosion Class - 1

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

Certification Status: not certified

QC Status: not reviewed

QA Status: not reviewed

SITE

Parent Material: Peoria silty loess

Landscape: upland

Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope

Hill Slope Profile: summit

Slope Complexity: simple

Slope Shape Across: convex

Slope Shape Down: convex

Runoff: medium

Drainage Class: well

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

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: 9/1/1989 (actual site observation date)

Data Collector: Unknown

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
lithologic discontinuity ochric epipedon argillic horizon	— 0—23 28—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	—	—	416	—	0	899	—	155	8	22	-5	12	22	2	558	—	00475164	MATHER 3 NW, WI US	NOAA

Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky, and weak very fine granular structure; friable; common (2.5) very fine roots throughout and few (0.5) medium roots throughout; common (2.5) very fine vesicular and tubular pores; 11 percent fine and medium spherical worm casts; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P03277. common fine and medium worm casts concentrations; few medium roots throughout; common very fine roots throughout

BE—23 to 28 centimeters (9.1 to 11.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; weak medium platy, and weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; common (2.5) very fine roots throughout and few (0.5) medium roots throughout; common (2.5) very fine vesicular and tubular pores; 2 percent faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, skeletans throughout; 1 percent fine and medium spherical worm casts; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P03278. few fine and medium worm casts concentrations; very few skeletans (sand or silt) surface features throughout; few medium roots throughout; common very fine roots throughout; patchy - phpvsfiid 1307382; patchy - phpvsfiid 1307382

Bt1—28 to 51 centimeters (11.0 to 20.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; friable; common (2.5) very fine roots between peds and few (0.5) medium roots throughout; common (2.5) very fine vesicular and tubular pores; 15 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, skeletans on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent fine and medium spherical worm casts; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P03279. few fine and medium worm casts concentrations; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few skeletans (sand or silt) surface features on faces of peds and in pores; few medium roots throughout; common very fine roots between peds; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1307383; patchy - phpvsfiid 1307384; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1307383; patchy - phpvsfiid 1307384

2Bt2—51 to 56 centimeters (20.1 to 22.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) flaggy clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; common (2.5) very fine roots between peds and few (0.5) medium roots throughout; common (2.5) very fine vesicular and tubular pores; 15 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, skeletans on faces of peds and in pores and 37 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P03280. common clay films surface features on faces of peds; few skeletans (sand or silt) surface features on faces of peds and in pores; few medium roots throughout; common very fine roots between peds; continuous - phpvsfiid 1307385; patchy - phpvsfiid 1307386; continuous - phpvsfiid 1307385; patchy - phpvsfiid 1307386

2Bt3—56 to 74 centimeters (22.0 to 29.1 inches); 20 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 80 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) cobbly clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; common (2.5) very fine roots between peds; common (2.5) very fine vesicular and tubular pores; 7.5YR 2/0 (7.5YR 2/0), moist, oxide coats on faces of peds and 2 percent prominent pinkish gray (7.5YR 6/2), moist, skeletans on vertical faces of peds and 55 percent distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 10 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 17 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P03281. common very fine roots between peds; continuous - phpvsfiid 1307387; patchy - phpvsfiid 1307388; continuous - phpvsfiid 1307387; patchy - phpvsfiid 1307388

2Bt4—74 to 107 centimeters (29.1 to 42.1 inches); 10 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) and 90 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) cobbly clay; weak medium and coarse prismatic, and weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; few (0.5) very fine roots in cracks; few (0.5) very fine vesicular and tubular pores; 15 percent distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds and 15 percent prominent 7.5YR 2/0 (7.5YR 2/0), moist, oxide coats throughout; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 6 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 11 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P03282. few clay films surface features on vertical faces of peds; few oxide coats surface features throughout; few very fine roots in cracks; continuous - phpvsfiid 1307390; patchy - phpvsfiid 1307391; continuous - phpvsfiid 1307390; patchy - phpvsfiid 1307391

2BCt—107 to 152 centimeters (42.1 to 59.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) cobbly clay; weak medium and coarse prismatic structure; very firm; few (0.5) very fine vesicular and tubular pores; 15 percent distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist, slickensides (pedogenic) on vertical faces of peds and 15 percent prominent 7.5YR 2/0 (7.5YR 2/0), moist, oxide coats throughout; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 35 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method. Lab sample # 90P03283. common medium and coarse rounded soft masses from in situ weathering of sandstone; few intersecting slickensides surface features on vertical faces of peds; few oxide coats surface features throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 1307392; patchy - phpvsfiid 1307393; continuous - phpvsfiid 1307392; patchy - phpvsfiid 1307393