LOCATION PARDEEVILLE WIEstablished Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Coarse-loamy, mixed, active, mesic Mollic Hapludalfs
TYPICAL PEDON: Pardeeville fine sandy loam - on a 4 percent slope in a once cultivated area at an elevation of about 830 feet. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise stated.)
Ap--0 to 8 inches; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) fine sandy loam, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) dry; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; moderately acid; abrupt wavy boundary. (6 to 9 inches thick)
E--8 to 9 inches; brown (7.5YR 5/3) loamy sand with few tongues of dark brown (7.5YR 3/2); weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; moderately acid; abrupt smooth boundary. (0 to 3 inches thick)
BE--9 to 15 inches; brown (7.5YR 4/4) and reddish brown (5YR 4/4) sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; strongly acid; clear smooth boundary. (4 to 7 inches thick)
Bt1--15 to 25 inches; reddish brown (5YR 4/4) sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint patchy clay films on faces of peds; strongly acid; clear smooth boundary. (6 to 11 inches thick)
Bt2--25 to 34 inches; reddish brown (5YR 4/4) and yellowish red (5YR 4/6) sandy loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure, peds break to plates; friable; dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) organic coatings on faces of peds at lower boundary; few faint clay films on faces of subangular blocky peds and clay bridging between sand grains distinctive toward lower boundary where structure weakens; moderately acid; clear wavy boundary. (4 to 10 inches thick)
C--34 to 68 inches; brown (7.5YR 4/4) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sandy loam; massive; friable; slightly acid.
TYPE LOCATION: Marquette County, Wisconsin; about 7 miles south and 3 miles east of Montello; about 1,500 feet north and 1370 feet west of the southeast corner of sec. 14, T. 14 N., R. 10 E. USGS Observatory Hill, Wisconsin Topographic Quadrangle; lat. 43 degrees 41 minutes 28 seconds N., and long. 89 degrees 16 minutes 15 seconds W., NAD 27.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS: Depth to the base of the argillic horizon ranges from 20 to 40 inches. Depth to carbonates is more than 40 inches. The particle-size control section averages from 10 to 18 percent clay and from 45 to 75 percent fine sand or coarser. Reaction naturally ranges from strongly acid to slightly acid in the solum but ranges to neutral in the upper part, where the soil is limed. Reaction ranges from slightly acid to slightly alkaline in the substratum. Volume of gravel ranges from 0 to 10 percent in the upper part of the solum and from 2 to 20 percent in the lower part of the solum and in the
substratum.
The Ap or A horizon has hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 2 or 3, and chroma of 1 to 3. Texture is fine sandy loam.
The E horizon has hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 2 or 3. Texture is sandy loam or loamy sand.
The BE horizon has hue of 5YR, 7.5YR, or 10YR: value of 4 or 5; and chroma of 4 to 6.
The Bt1 horizon has hue of 5YR or 7.5YR, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 4 to 6. Texture is typically loam or sandy loam, but thin horizons of sandy clay loam are in some pedons. The C horizon has hue of 5YR or 7.5YR, value of 4 or 5, and chroma of 4 to 6. Texture is sandy loam or loamy sand or the gravelly
analogues.
COMPETING SERIES: These are the
Forkhorn,
Hazen,
Kevilar, and
Rusktown series. Forkhorn and Hazen soils have more than 75 percent sand in the lower part of the series control section. Kevilar and Rusktown have redox features and saturation
in the lower part of the series control section.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Pardeeville soils are on ground and end moraines. Slopes are undulating to rolling and range from 2 to 30 percent. The soils formed in thick deposits of reddish-colored loamy sand or sandy loam glacial till. Mean annual precipitation ranges from 28 to 32 inches. Mean annual air temperature ranges from about 46 to 51 degrees F.
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the
Coloma,
Lapeer,
Locke, and
Wyocena. All of these soils are on similar landscape positions and are distinguished from the Pardeeville soils, principally on the development of the B horizon or thickness and color of the A horizon. Coloma soils have thinner, lighter-colored A horizons and coarser-textured sola. Lapeer soils have
somewhat thinner and lighter-colored A horizons. Locke soils are on contiguous lower-lying sites or depressions where drainage is impeded. Wyocena soils have lighter-colored surface horizons and coarser textures within depths of 40 inches.
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Well drained. The potential for surface runoff ranges from low to high. Permeability is moderate.
USE AND VEGETATION: Much of this soil has been cleared and is used for cropland. Common crops are corn, small grain, and hay. Ome areas are used for pastureland or woodland. Native vegetation is mixed grass and forest vegetation.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Central Wisconsin. This soil is of small extent.
MLRA OFFICE RESPONSIBLE: Indianapolis, Indiana
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Marquette County, Wisconsin, June, 1969.
REMARKS: Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon are: ochric epipedon - ) to 8 inches (Ap); argillic horizon - 15 to 34 inches (Bt1, Bt2); ?
Mollic subgroup - have an Ap horizon with color value moist of less than 4 and color value of less than 6.
05/06 The location for the typical pedon (TP) in the OSD does not agree with the location given for the same pedon (TUD) in the published soil survey. The location in the OSD appears to be incorrect since it places the site in a wooded area and the TP has a plow layer. The location for the TUD has been used in the
OSD.