IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Loyal
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1994WI119003
  • User Pedon ID: S1994WI119003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1994WI119003
  • User Site Association ID: MLRA 90B - Loyal Catena DSM Spatial Update
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 95P0261
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 67279
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 45.0411110
  • Std. Longitude: -90.2105560
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 30N
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: Approximately 2590 feet south and 1850 feet east of the northwest corner
  • Map Unit: 996B—Loyal silt loam, 1 to 6 percent slopes
  • State: Wisconsin
  • County: WI119—Taylor
  • MLRA: 90—Central Wisconsin and Minnesota Thin Loess and Till
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: WI119—Taylor County, Wisconsin
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 45090-A2—Corinth, Wisconsin

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: W.D. Fiala and T.J. Miland
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Oxyaquic Glossudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Loyal
  • PSC - 48 to 99 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Loyal
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Oxyaquic Glossoboralf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/28/1994
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - oxyaquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: ground moraine
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/28/1994 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 5439-88TC
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    TRRE3

    Trifolium repens

    white clover

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    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    albic horizon

    redox concentrations

    glossic horizon

    argillic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    0—23

    23—33

    23—168

    33—79

    48—150

    48—168

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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

    3

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    439

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    270

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; weak medium platy parts to moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P01689
    E—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; silt loam; moderate medium platy structure; friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 3 percent fine strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P01690
    E/B—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); 70 percent brown (10YR 5/3) and 30 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; silt loam; moderate fine platy parts to moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots; 21 percent medium yellowish red (5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; 3 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 95P01691
    2B/E—48 to 79 centimeters (18.9 to 31.1 inches); 60 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) and 40 percent brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; clay loam; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine platy structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; 30 percent faint reddish brown (5YR 4/3) clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent fine yellowish red (5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; 7 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P01692
    2Bt1—79 to 122 centimeters (31.1 to 48.0 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt coats on vertical faces of peds and 30 percent faint reddish brown (5YR 4/3) clay films on faces of peds; 3 percent fine yellowish red (5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; 7 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P01693
    2Bt2—122 to 150 centimeters (48.0 to 59.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) loam; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to strong coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent faint reddish brown (5YR 4/3) clay films on vertical faces of peds and 10 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) silt coats on faces of peds; 3 percent fine yellowish red (5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron and 3 percent fine black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions throughout; 7 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P01694
    2C—150 to 168 centimeters (59.1 to 66.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) loam; massive; firm; 1 percent medium yellowish red (5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; 7 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 95P01695