IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Norden

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S1994WI063011

User Pedon ID: S1994WI063011

Vegetation Plot ID: S1994WI063011

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 95P0349

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 67367

Print Date: 9/24/2024

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: 43.8349991

Std. Longitude: -91.0166702

Datum: WGS84

GPS - Positional Error: 10.00

Township: 16N

Range: 5W

Section: 30

PLSS Details: 2340 feet south and 1850 feet west of the northeast corner

Country: US—United States

State: Wisconsin

County: WI063—La Crosse

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: WI063—La Crosse County, Wisconsin

7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43091-G1—Saint Joseph, Wisconsin

PEDON

Describers Name: Dave Omernik, Dennis Anthony, Kris Brye, Chris Staven

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Mollic Hapludalfs

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 #: 11

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Norden

PSC - 36 to 86 cm.

Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010

Classifier - Dave Omernik

Moisture Class - udic

Moisture Subclass - typic

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Normont

Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Mollic Hapludalfs

Taxon Kind - taxadjunct

PSC - 36 to 86 cm.

Classificaton Date - 7/27/1994

Classifier - Dave Omernik

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 over colluvium derived from glauconite over residuum weathered from glauconite

Landscape: upland

Landform: valley side

Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope

Hill Slope Profile: footslope

Slope Position: middle third

Slope Complexity: simple

Slope Shape Across: convex

Slope Shape Down: convex

Runoff: high

Drainage Class: well

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Wet Soil Moisture Duration: 0

Bedrock: s slight weathered glauconite with =>200 and a strike of 220 degrees and a dip of 2 to 2 degrees

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: 7/27/1994 (actual site observation date)

Data Collector: Unknown

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Drained? - no

Bedded Soil? - no

Forest Plantation? - no

Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion

Vegetation Plot Plants
Plant Symbol	Scientific Name	National Vernacular Name	Plant Type Group	Canopy Cover %	Vegetation Stata Level
RHUS DACA6	Rhus Daucus carota	sumac Queen Anne's lace	shrub/vine forb	— —	— —

Pedon Restrictions
Kind	Hardness	Restriction Depth L-H	Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
		cm
bedrock, paralithic	—	—	—

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
lithologic discontinuity paralithic contact paralithic materials ochric epipedon argillic horizon paralithic contact	— — — 0—23 23—176 212—215	—- —- —- —- —- —-

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
26	60	36	285	—	218	899	—	155	8	22	-5	12	22	2	558	—	00014920	LA CROSSE MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, WI US	NOAA

Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and dark brown (10YR 3/3) rubbed, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and brown (10YR 5/3) crushed, dry; silt loam; moderate very fine and fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 21.0 very fine low-continuity vesicular and tubular pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P02719. Has a very fine sand size that glistens in the sun.

Bt1—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine low-continuity vesicular and tubular pores; 10 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 10 percent faint brown (10YR 5/3), moist, silt coats on faces of peds and 10 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P02720. Has a discontinuous BA horizon. Horizons Bt1-Bt3 has a gopher hole burrowed through it. Organic material deposited in it.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1900321; patchy - phpvsfiid 1900322; patchy - phpvsfiid 1900323; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1900321; patchy - phpvsfiid 1900322; patchy - phpvsfiid 1900323

Bt2—36 to 52 centimeters (14.2 to 20.5 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine low-continuity vesicular and tubular pores; 10 percent faint brown (10YR 5/3), moist, silt coats on faces of peds and 30 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P02721. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1900324; patchy - phpvsfiid 1900325; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1900324; patchy - phpvsfiid 1900325

Bt3—52 to 68 centimeters (20.5 to 26.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout; 3.0 very fine low-continuity vesicular and tubular pores; 10 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), moist, silt coats on faces of peds and in pores and 75 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P02722. Borderline to silt loam texture. Trace of easily crushable coarse fragments.; continuous - phpvsfiid 1900315; patchy - phpvsfiid 1900316; continuous - phpvsfiid 1900315; patchy - phpvsfiid 1900316

2Bt4—68 to 93 centimeters (26.8 to 36.6 inches); 60 percent olive (5Y 4/4) and 20 percent olive (5Y 5/4) and 20 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine sandy loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots between peds; 3.0 very fine low-continuity vesicular pores; 10 percent faint olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 10 percent faint light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6), moist, skeletans on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent by volume subrounded 2-76-150 millimeter limestone-sandstone fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P02723. Has speckled appearance. Stratified by color.; patchy - phpvsfiid 1900309; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1900308; patchy - phpvsfiid 1900309; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1900308

2Bt5—93 to 131 centimeters (36.6 to 51.6 inches); 30 percent olive (5Y 4/4) and 50 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and 20 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; moderate medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots between peds; 3.0 very fine low-continuity vesicular pores; 10 percent faint dark greenish gray (5GY 4/1), moist, clay films between sand grains and 10 percent distinct pale olive (5Y 6/4), moist, skeletans in root channels and/or pores and 30 percent distinct olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 2 percent by volume subrounded 2-76-150 millimeter limestone-sandstone fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P02724. Green material is heavier texture (possibly CL), higher in mica, only 6 cm thick. Channers from higher in the geologic column. 1 percent MnO4.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1900318; patchy - phpvsfiid 1900320; continuous - phpvsfiid 1900319; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1900318; patchy - phpvsfiid 1900320; continuous - phpvsfiid 1900319

2Bt6—131 to 176 centimeters (51.6 to 69.3 inches); 40 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 45 percent dark greenish gray (5G 4/1) fine sandy loam; weak medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots between peds; 3.0 very fine low-continuity vesicular pores; 10 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds and 10 percent faint dark greenish gray (5GY 4/1), moist, clay films between sand grains and 10 percent distinct pale olive (5Y 6/4), moist, skeletans on vertical faces of peds; 6 percent by volume subrounded 2-76-150 millimeter limestone-sandstone fragments and 21 percent by volume subrounded 150-265-380 millimeter limestone-sandstone fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P02725. 10 cm of green material over 12 cm of brown material, over 10 cm of green material with heavier texture (possibly CL). Stratified slopewash deposits, some coarse fragments weathered in place, 1 flagstone. Many (5G 4/1) glauconitic sand grains giving speckled appearance.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1900313; continuous - phpvsfiid 1900312; patchy - phpvsfiid 1900314; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1900313; continuous - phpvsfiid 1900312; patchy - phpvsfiid 1900314

2BC—176 to 204 centimeters (69.3 to 80.3 inches); 60 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and 40 percent pale olive (5Y 6/3) stratified stratified loamy fine sand to fine sand; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 very fine low-continuity vesicular pores; 10 percent faint olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist, coats on vertical faces of peds; 3 percent by volume subrounded 2-76-150 millimeter limestone-sandstone fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P02726. Many (5G 4/1) glauconitic sand grains giving a speckled appearance. 3 cm layer of beta material (green material) on top of 5 cm of lighter color material (off Jordan formation, is discontinuous), grades to a browner color, possibly off of St. Lawrence formation, however it has no effervescence. Thin sandier part up above, may be coming off the Jordan.; patchy - phpvsfiid 1900317; patchy - phpvsfiid 1900317

2C—204 to 212 centimeters (80.3 to 83.5 inches); 50 percent pale olive (5Y 6/4) and 50 percent pale olive (5Y 6/3) fine sand; single grain; loose; 10 percent prominent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, coats throughout and 10 percent prominent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4), moist, iron stains in root channels and/or pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P02727. (5GY 4/1) speckles appearance because of glauconitic grains. Iron stains are burrow shaped. This horizon may in fact be a Cr layer.; patchy - phpvsfiid 1900310; continuous - phpvsfiid 1900311; patchy - phpvsfiid 1900310; continuous - phpvsfiid 1900311

2Cr—212 to 221 centimeters (83.5 to 87.0 inches); 20 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and 60 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/4) and 20 percent light gray (5Y 7/2) bedrock; moderately strong; fragments. Chipped off rock surface with posthole digger and rapidly became impractical to dig.