IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ella
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992WI123037
  • User Pedon ID: S1992WI123037
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0830
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66173
  • 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: 43.6741676
  • Std. Longitude: -91.0558319
  • Datum: WGS84
  • GPS - Positional Error: 10.00
  • Township: 14N
  • Range: 6W
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: 300 feet north and 1550 feet east of the center
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Wisconsin
  • County: WI123—Vernon
  • 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: WI123—Vernon County, Wisconsin

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dave Omernik
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Oxyaquic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: within range of map unit
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 37
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ella
  • PSC - 25 to 76 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Classifier - Dave Omernik
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Festina
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • PSC - 25 to 76 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/19/1992
  • Classifier - Dave Omernik
  • Moisture SUBClass - oxyaquic
  • 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: alluvium over alluvium derived from sandstone
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: very 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: 10/19/1992 (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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    lithologic discontinuity

    mollic epipedon

    argillic horizon

    —

    0—25

    25—155

    —-

    —-

    —-
    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

    70

    64

    223

    —

    135

    899

    —

    155

    8

    22

    -5

    12

    22

    2

    558

    —

    00471280

    CASHTON, WI US

    NOAA
    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); 98 percent black (10YR 2/1) exterior and very dark brown (10YR 2/2) crushed and 2 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior, dark gray (10YR 4/1) exterior and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) crushed, dry; silt loam; weak medium and coarse parts to weak very fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots; 21.0 very fine vesicular and tubular pores; 1 percent distinct black (N 2/0) organic stains on vertical faces of peds; 3 percent medium and coarse spherical worm casts; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P05730
    Bt1—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots between peds; 21.0 very fine and fine vesicular and tubular pores; 10 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) clay films on faces of peds and 10 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) skeletans on faces of peds and in pores; 3 percent medium and coarse spherical worm casts; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05731
    Bt2—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots between peds; 21.0 very fine and fine vesicular and tubular pores; 10 percent faint brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on faces of peds and 10 percent faint brown (10YR 4/3) skeletans on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent medium and coarse spherical worm casts; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05732
    Bt3—56 to 71 centimeters (22.0 to 28.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots between peds; 21.0 very fine and fine vesicular and tubular and 0.5 medium vesicular pores; 10 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 10 percent faint brown (10YR 4/3) skeletans in root channels and/or pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05733
    Bt4—71 to 99 centimeters (28.0 to 39.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 21.0 very fine and fine vesicular and tubular and 0.5 medium vesicular pores; 1 percent prominent black (N 2/0) oxide coats in root channels and/or pores and 30 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/2) clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 30 percent faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2) skeletans on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05734
    Bt5—99 to 122 centimeters (39.0 to 48.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; moderate medium and coarse prismatic structure; firm; 21.0 very fine and fine vesicular and 0.5 medium vesicular pores; 1 percent prominent black (N 2/0) oxide coats throughout and 10 percent faint gray (10YR 5/1) skeletans on faces of peds and 30 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/2) clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05735
    2Bt6—122 to 135 centimeters (48.0 to 53.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 3.0 very fine vesicular pores; 1 percent prominent black (N 2/0) oxide coats throughout and 10 percent distinct gray (10YR 5/1) skeletans in root channels and/or pores and 30 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P05736
    2Bt7—135 to 155 centimeters (53.1 to 61.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) stratified stratified loam; weak very coarse prismatic structure; firm; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent prominent black (N 2/0) oxide coats throughout and 10 percent prominent brown (7.5YR 4/2) clay films in root channels and/or pores and 10 percent faint brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine gray (5YR 5/1) iron concretions and 3 percent fine and medium reddish brown (5YR 4/4) iron concretions and 3 percent fine dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) iron concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P05737. patchy - phpvsfiid 1900359; patchy - phpvsfiid 1900359
    2Bt8—155 to 188 centimeters (61.0 to 74.0 inches); 80 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) and 20 percent gray (5Y 6/1) stratified stratified sandy loam; weak very thick platy structure; friable; 0.5 very fine vesicular pores; 1 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4) clay bridges between sand grains and 1 percent prominent black (N 2/0) oxide coats throughout; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) iron concretions and 3 percent fine strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) iron concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P05738
    3C—188 to 213 centimeters (74.0 to 83.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) stratified stratified silt loam; friable; 0.5 very fine vesicular pores; 1 percent prominent black (N 2/0) oxide coats in root channels and/or pores; 3 percent fine yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) iron concretions and 3 percent fine and medium strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) iron concretions and 3 percent fine yellowish red (5YR 4/6) iron concretions; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 93P05739