IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ella
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992WI049007
  • User Pedon ID: S1992WI049007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0823
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 66166
  • Print Date: 6/2/2024
  • 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: 43.1366653
  • Std. Longitude: -90.2169418
  • Datum: WGS84
  • GPS - Positional Error: 10.00
  • Township: 8N
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: 1130 feet north and 1470 feet west of the southeast corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Wisconsin
  • County: WI049—Iowa
  • 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: WI049—Iowa County, Wisconsin
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dave Omernik
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic 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 #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ella
  • PSC - 36 to 86 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Classifier - Dave Omernik
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Festina
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Mollic Hapludalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 36 to 86 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/17/1992
  • 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: alluvium over alluvium derived from sandstone over alluvium
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: head slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: on a slope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • 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: 7/17/1992 (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
  • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    lithologic discontinuity

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—28

    36—239

    —-

    —-

    —-

    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

    73

    42.7

    229

    90

    899

    155

    8

    22

    -5

    12

    22

    2

    558

    0000WDDG

    DODGEVILLE WISCONSIN, WI US

    NOAA

    Ap—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) exterior and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) crushed, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) exterior and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) crushed, dry; silt loam; weak coarse parts to weak very fine and fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 3 percent medium and coarse spherical worm casts; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P05666
    BE—28 to 36 centimeters (11.0 to 14.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots throughout; 21.0 very fine and fine vesicular and tubular pores; 3 percent medium and coarse spherical worm casts; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P05667
    Bt1—36 to 48 centimeters (14.2 to 18.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine and fine roots between peds; 21.0 very fine and fine vesicular and tubular pores; 10 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) clay films in root channels and/or pores and 10 percent faint brown (10YR 4/3) skeletans on faces of peds and in pores; 3 percent medium and coarse spherical worm casts; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05668
    Bt2—48 to 71 centimeters (18.9 to 28.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) silt loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine and fine roots between peds; 21.0 very fine and fine vesicular and tubular pores; 10 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds and 10 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3) skeletans on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05669
    Bt3—71 to 107 centimeters (28.0 to 42.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) silt loam; weak medium and coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine and fine roots between peds; 21.0 very fine and fine vesicular and tubular pores; 10 percent distinct brown (10YR 4/3) skeletans on faces of peds and in pores and 10 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on faces of peds and 10 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 93P05670
    Bt4—107 to 124 centimeters (42.1 to 48.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 3.0 very fine and fine roots between peds; 21.0 very fine and fine vesicular and tubular pores; 10 percent faint brown (10YR 4/3) skeletans on faces of peds and in pores and 10 percent prominent black (10YR 2/1) oxide coats on faces of peds and 30 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on vertical faces of peds; 3 percent fine yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) iron concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P05671
    2Bt5—124 to 137 centimeters (48.8 to 53.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) loam; weak very coarse prismatic structure; firm; 0.5 very fine and fine roots between peds; 21.0 very fine and fine vesicular pores; 10 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 10 percent distinct brown (10YR 5/3) skeletans on vertical faces of peds and 10 percent prominent black (N 2/0) oxide coats on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P05672
    2Bt6—137 to 165 centimeters (53.9 to 65.0 inches); 70 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) and 20 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) stratified stratified sandy loam; weak very thick platy structure; friable; 0.5 very fine and fine roots between peds; 21.0 very fine and fine vesicular pores; 10 percent prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) clay films on faces of peds and in pores and 10 percent prominent brown (10YR 5/3) skeletans on vertical faces of peds and 10 percent prominent black (N 2/0) oxide coats on faces of peds; 3 percent fine and medium strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) iron concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P05673
    2BC—165 to 239 centimeters (65.0 to 94.1 inches); 70 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) and 20 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) stratified stratified sand to loamy sand; moderate very thick platy structure; very friable; 21.0 very fine and fine vesicular pores; 75 percent distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) clay bridges between sand grains; 3 percent medium yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) iron concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.9, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P05674
    3C—239 to 257 centimeters (94.1 to 101.2 inches); 60 percent gray (5Y 5/1) and 40 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silt loam; massive; firm; 10 percent prominent black (N 2/0) oxide coats; 3 percent medium strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) iron concretions and 21 percent coarse yellowish red (5YR 4/6) iron concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, hellige-truog. Not sampled.