IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ella
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992WI043058
  • User Pedon ID: S1992WI043058
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0822
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66165
  • Print Date: 9/25/2024
  • 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: 43.0686111
  • Std. Longitude: -90.8388901
  • Datum: WGS84
  • GPS - Positional Error: 10.00
  • Township: 7N
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 22
  • PLSS Details: 600 feet south and 1210 feet west of the center
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Wisconsin
  • County: WI043—Grant
  • 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: WI043—Grant County, Wisconsin
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dave Omernik
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 58
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ella
  • PSC - 23 to 73 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Classifier - Unknown
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Festina
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • PSC - 23 to 73 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/29/1992
  • Classifier - Dave Omernik
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed
  • QA Status: not reviewed


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: mixed-noncalcareous alluvium over alluvium derived from sandstone
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • 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: 9/29/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Dave Omernik
  • 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

    lithologic discontinuity

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—23

    23—163

    —-

    —-

    —-

    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

    50

    10.7

    204

    225

    899

    155

    8

    22

    -5

    12

    22

    2

    558

    00474546

    LANCASTER 4 WSW, WI US

    NOAA

    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) exterior and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) crushed, dry; silt loam; weak medium parts to weak very fine and fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine and fine vesicular and tubular pores; faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organic stains on vertical faces of peds and 10 percent faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2) skeletans in root channels and/or pores; 3 percent medium and coarse spherical worm casts; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P05658. Tongues that appear to be injection teeth extend into Bt.
    Bt1—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine and fine roots between peds; many (21.0) very fine vesicular and tubular pores; 10 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 10 percent faint brown (10YR 4/3) skeletans in root channels and/or pores; 3 percent medium and coarse spherical worm casts; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05659
    Bt2—38 to 61 centimeters (15.0 to 24.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) silty clay loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine and fine roots between peds; many (21.0) very fine vesicular and tubular pores; 10 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds and 10 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3) skeletans on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent medium and coarse spherical worm casts; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05660
    Bt3—61 to 79 centimeters (24.0 to 31.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine and fine roots between peds; many (21.0) very fine vesicular and tubular pores; 10 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3) skeletans on faces of peds and in pores and 30 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05661
    Bt4—79 to 104 centimeters (31.1 to 40.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; few (0.5) very fine and fine roots between peds; many (21.0) very fine vesicular and tubular and few (0.5) fine vesicular pores; 10 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 30 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) skeletans on vertical faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05662
    Bt5—104 to 132 centimeters (40.9 to 52.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; few (0.5) very fine and fine roots between peds; many (21.0) very fine vesicular and few (0.5) fine vesicular pores; prominent black (N 2/0) oxide coats throughout and 30 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) clay films on all faces of peds and 30 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2) skeletans on vertical faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05663. patchy - phpvsfiid 1313521; patchy - phpvsfiid 1313521
    Bt6—132 to 163 centimeters (52.0 to 64.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; weak very coarse prismatic structure; firm; many (21.0) very fine vesicular and 3.0 fine vesicular pores; prominent black (N 2/0) oxide coats throughout and 10 percent faint brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on vertical faces of peds and 10 percent faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2) skeletans in root channels and/or pores; 3 percent fine and medium strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) iron concretions and 3 percent fine yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) iron concretions and 3 percent fine grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) iron concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P05664
    2BC—163 to 203 centimeters (64.2 to 79.9 inches); 10 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) and 15 percent gray (10YR 5/1) and 75 percent brown (10YR 5/3) stratified stratified silt loam; weak very thick platy structure; friable; 3.0 very fine vesicular pores; prominent black (N 2/0) oxide coats throughout; 3 percent fine and medium strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) iron concretions and 3 percent fine gray (N 5/0) iron concretions; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 93P05665. patchy - phpvsfiid 1313525; patchy - phpvsfiid 1313525