IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sparta
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1991WI093001
  • User Pedon ID: S1991WI093001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0539
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64778
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 44.6011124
  • Std. Longitude: -92.5100021
  • Datum: WGS84
  • GPS - Positional Error: 10.00
  • Township: 24N
  • Range: 18W
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: 85 feet south and 1980 feet east of the northwest corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Wisconsin
  • County: WI093—Pierce
  • 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: WI093—Pierce County, Wisconsin

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Tim Meyer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Entic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sparta
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Classifier - Tim Meyer
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sparta
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, mesic Entic Hapludolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/16/1991
  • Classifier - Tim Meyer
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • 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: outwash
  • Landform: outwash terrace
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • RaCA Information:
  • Plot/Site Set Up By - Unknown
  • Plot or Site Recorder - Unknown

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/16/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Tim Meyer
  • Air Photo ID: 91
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    cambic horizon

    mollic epipedon

    —

    0—53

    —-

    —-
    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

    —

    —

    239

    —

    899

    —

    155

    8

    22

    -5

    12

    22

    2

    558

    —

    0010

    RIVER FALLS 1.4 S, WI US

    NOAA
    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loamy sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 5.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P03094
    A—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark brown (10YR 3/3), dry; loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 5.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P03095
    AB—38 to 53 centimeters (15.0 to 20.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), brown (10YR 4/3), dry; loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 5.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P03096
    Bw—53 to 97 centimeters (20.9 to 38.2 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 1.0 very fine and fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P03097
    C1—97 to 140 centimeters (38.2 to 55.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 92P03098
    C2—140 to 152 centimeters (55.1 to 59.8 inches); sand; single grain; loose; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 92P03099