IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Valton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1989WI111002
  • User Pedon ID: S1989WI111002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 90P0572
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 62505
  • 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: 43.5813904
  • Std. Longitude: -90.2963867
  • Datum: WGS84
  • GPS - Positional Error: 10.00
  • Township: 13N
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: 860 feet south and 1570 feet west of the northeast corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Wisconsin
  • County: WI111—Sauk
  • 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: WI111—Sauk County, Wisconsin

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dave Omernik
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty over clayey, mixed, superactive, mesic Mollic Paleudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Valton
  • PSC - 23 to 73 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/13/2015
  • Classifier - Michael England
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Valton
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Mollic Paleudalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 23 to 73 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1989
  • Classifier - Unknown
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • 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
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Runoff: high
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • 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: 9/1/1989 (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
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    lithologic discontinuity

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    —

    0—23

    23—152

    —-

    —-

    —-
    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

    7

    —

    —

    386

    —

    135

    899

    —

    155

    8

    22

    -5

    12

    22

    2

    558

    —

    00477052

    REEDSBURG WWTP, 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) silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky, and weak very fine granular structure; friable; common (2.5) very fine roots throughout; many (5.5) very fine vesicular and tubular pores; 15 percent faint very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains throughout; 11 percent fine and medium spherical worm casts; 5 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 90P03314. common fine and medium worm casts concentrations; few organic coats surface features throughout; common very fine roots throughout; patchy - phpvsfiid 1307442; patchy - phpvsfiid 1307442
    Bt1—23 to 41 centimeters (9.1 to 16.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; common (2.5) very fine roots throughout; common (2.5) very fine vesicular and tubular pores; 15 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 15 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, skeletans on faces of peds; 11 percent fine and medium spherical worm casts; 1 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P03315. common fine and medium worm casts concentrations; few clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; few skeletans (sand or silt) surface features on faces of peds; common very fine roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1307443; patchy - phpvsfiid 1307444; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1307443; patchy - phpvsfiid 1307444
    Bt2—41 to 64 centimeters (16.1 to 25.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; friable; common (2.5) very fine roots throughout; common (2.5) very fine vesicular and tubular pores; 37 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 37 percent faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, skeletans on faces of peds; 1 percent fine and medium spherical worm casts; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P03316. few fine and medium worm casts concentrations; common clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; common skeletans (sand or silt) surface features on faces of peds; common very fine roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 1307445; patchy - phpvsfiid 1307446; continuous - phpvsfiid 1307445; patchy - phpvsfiid 1307446
    2Bt3—64 to 79 centimeters (25.2 to 31.1 inches); 20 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) and 80 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) gravelly silt loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; common (2.5) very fine roots between peds; common (2.5) very fine vesicular and tubular pores; 37 percent faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, skeletans on faces of peds and 55 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent fine and medium spherical worm casts; 6 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 17 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P03317. few fine and medium worm casts concentrations; many clay films surface features on faces of peds and in pores; common skeletans (sand or silt) surface features on faces of peds; common very fine roots between peds; continuous - phpvsfiid 1307447; patchy - phpvsfiid 1307448; continuous - phpvsfiid 1307447; patchy - phpvsfiid 1307448
    2Bt4—79 to 99 centimeters (31.1 to 39.0 inches); 20 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 80 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) gravelly clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; common (2.5) very fine roots between peds; few (0.5) very fine vesicular and tubular pores; prominent 7.5YR 2/0 (7.5YR 2/0), moist, oxide coats on vertical faces of peds and 15 percent distinct dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 13 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P03318. few clay films surface features on faces of peds; common very fine roots between peds; continuous - phpvsfiid 1307449; continuous - phpvsfiid 1307449
    2Bt5—99 to 122 centimeters (39.0 to 48.0 inches); 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 40 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) and 50 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; very firm; few (0.5) very fine roots in cracks; few (0.5) very fine vesicular and tubular pores; 15 percent faint reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, pressure faces on vertical faces of peds and 15 percent prominent 7.5YR 2/0 (7.5YR 2/0), moist, oxide coats; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 9 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 90P03319. few pressure faces surface features on vertical faces of peds; few oxide coats surface features; few very fine roots in cracks; continuous - phpvsfiid 1307451; patchy - phpvsfiid 1307452; continuous - phpvsfiid 1307451; patchy - phpvsfiid 1307452
    2Bt6—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 30 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) and 60 percent red (2.5YR 4/6) clay; weak coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 15 percent faint reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, pressure faces on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent by volume 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method. Lab sample # 90P03320. few pressure faces surface features on vertical faces of peds; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1307453; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1307453