IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Valton

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S1977WI081006

User Pedon ID: 1977WI081006

Vegetation Plot ID: S1977WI081006

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 40A5208

Print Date: 5/20/2024

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: 43.8691673

Std. Longitude: -90.6113892

Datum: WGS84

GPS - Positional Error: 10.00

Township: 16N

Range: 2W

Section: 15

PLSS Details: 540 feet south and 150 feet east of the northwest corner

Location Description: About 2.5 miles northeast of Norwalk

Country: US—United States

State: Wisconsin

County: WI081—Monroe

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: WI081—Monroe County, Wisconsin

PEDON

Describers Name: George Hudelson, Frank Anderson

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Mollic Paleudalfs

Current Taxon Kind: series

Pedon Type: OSD pedon

Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site

Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x

Pedon #: 6

Correlated Information:

Soil Name - Valton (flagged as OSD)

Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007

Classifier - George Hudelson

Moisture Class - udic

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Valton (flagged as OSD)

Taxon Kind - series

Classificaton Date - 8/10/1977

Classifier - George Hudelson

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

Certification Status: certified

QC Status: not reviewed

QA Status: not reviewed

SITE

Parent Material: Peoria silty loess over cherty clayey residuum weathered from limestone

Landscape: strongly dissected (limestone bedrock controlled) upland

Landform: side slope of ridge

Slope Complexity: simple

Drainage Class: well

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

RaCA Information:

Plot/Site Set Up By - Unknown

Plot or Site Recorder - Unknown

VEGETATION

Vegplot Text Note(s): A scan of the original data (i.e. field sheet(s), edits, manuscripts, notes, and other associated data) is available in the scans archive.

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 8/10/1977 (actual site observation date)

Data Collector: George Hudelson

Surface Water Kind: none observed

Hydrology Status: unaltered

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland

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
MEDIC	Medicago	alfalfa	forb	100	overstory

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
11	—	—	416.1	—	270	899	—	155	8	22	-5	12	22	2	558	—	00475164	MATHER 3 NW, WI US	NOAA

Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; moderate fine granular, and moderate medium granular, and moderate very fine subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 21.0 very fine roots and 21.0 fine roots; coats; 2 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter chert fragments observed by visual inspection method; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39154

Bt21—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate coarse platy, and moderate fine angular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine and 0.5 fine pores; thin light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, silt coats on vertical faces of peds and thin brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; worm casts; 2 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter chert fragments observed by visual inspection method; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39155. continuous - phpvsfiid 1247864; continuous - phpvsfiid 1247864

Bt22—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine angular blocky, and moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots; 3.0 very fine pores; thin light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, silt coats on vertical faces of peds and thin brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter chert fragments observed by visual inspection method; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39156. continuous - phpvsfiid 1247866; continuous - phpvsfiid 1247866

2Bt23—56 to 81 centimeters (22.0 to 31.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/6) clay; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky, and moderate medium prismatic parts to strong coarse angular blocky structure; extremely firm; 3.0 very fine roots between peds; 3.0 very fine and 0.5 fine pores; light gray (10YR 7/2) silt coats on vertical faces of peds and thin yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39157. continuous - phpvsfiid 1247868; continuous - phpvsfiid 1247868

2Bt24—81 to 107 centimeters (31.9 to 42.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to strong medium angular blocky, and moderate coarse prismatic parts to strong coarse angular blocky structure; extremely firm; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 0.5 very fine pores; thin yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 6 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter chert fragments observed by visual inspection method; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39158. continuous - phpvsfiid 1247869; continuous - phpvsfiid 1247869

2Bt31—107 to 140 centimeters (42.1 to 55.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to strong coarse angular blocky structure; extremely firm; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 0.5 very fine pores; thin yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 6 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter chert fragments observed by visual inspection method; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A39159. continuous - phpvsfiid 1247870; continuous - phpvsfiid 1247870

2Bt32—140 to 168 centimeters (55.1 to 66.1 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; extremely firm; 0.5 very fine roots between peds; 0.5 very fine pores; thin yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 5 percent by volume 2-?-75 millimeter chert fragments observed by visual inspection method; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A39160. continuous - phpvsfiid 1247871; continuous - phpvsfiid 1247871