IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Branstad
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993WI013001
  • User Pedon ID: S1993WI013001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 94P0365
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66543
  • User Project ID: GBSL_10-DUL22
  • Project Name: MLRA 90A - Grantsburg Sublobe Investigation
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 45.7455559
  • Std. Longitude: -92.6997223
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 38N
  • Range: 19W
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 500 feet north and 1850 feet west of the southeast corner
  • State: Wisconsin
  • County: WI013—Burnett
  • MLRA: 90A—Wisconsin and Minnesota Thin Loess and Till
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WI013—Burnett County, Wisconsin
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 45092-F6—Trade River, Wisconsin

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Fred Simeth and Keith Anderson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Oxyaquic Glossudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Branstad
  • Classificaton Date - 5/16/2022
  • Classifier - Hannah Ohm
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Branstad
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Oxyaquic Eutroboralf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/5/1993
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - oxyaquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-loamy till
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: moraine
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/5/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Anderson and Simeth
  • Air Photo ID: C6
  • 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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    glossic horizon

    aquic conditions

    free carbonates

    0—23

    33—175

    33—91

    91—

    150—

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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

    5

    —

    —

    287

    —

    45

    711

    —

    —

    5

    —

    —

    6.1

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —
    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 medium roots and 3.0 fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P02223
    Bw—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; weak medium platy parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P02224
    Bt/E1—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P02225. B penetrated by tongues of E.
    Bt/E1—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); 80 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent faint brown (7.5YR 4/3) clay films on faces of peds and 10 percent prominent very pale brown (10YR 7/3) skeletans on faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # 94P02225
    Bt/E2—48 to 91 centimeters (18.9 to 35.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P02226. B penetrated by tongues of E.
    Bt/E2—48 to 91 centimeters (18.9 to 35.8 inches); 85 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) sandy clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 30 percent distinct reddish brown (5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # 94P02226
    Bt1—91 to 122 centimeters (35.8 to 48.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sandy clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent prominent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds and 30 percent distinct pale brown (10YR 6/3) skeletans on faces of peds; 1 percent medium yellowish red (5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron and 1 percent fine black (N 2/0) iron-manganese concretions; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); 1 percent by volume subangular 2-76-150 millimeter mixed fragments and 3 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P02227
    Bt2—122 to 150 centimeters (48.0 to 59.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent prominent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds and 10 percent prominent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) clay films in root channels and/or pores; 1 percent fine black (N 2/0) iron-manganese concretions and 21 percent medium yellowish red (5YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); 1 percent by volume subangular 2-76-150 millimeter mixed fragments and 2 percent by volume rounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P02228
    Bt3—150 to 175 centimeters (59.1 to 68.9 inches); olive (5Y 5/3) clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 10 percent faint olive gray (5Y 5/2) clay films on faces of peds and 10 percent prominent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) clay films in root channels and/or pores; 3 percent fine light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 94P02229
    Bk—175 to 203 centimeters (68.9 to 79.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) fine sandy loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; 1 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3) carbonate threads and carbonate concretions; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 94P02230