LOCATION BRIGGSVILLE WI
Established Series
Rev. HFG-AAC
01/2011
BRIGGSVILLE SERIES
The Briggsville series consists of very deep, well drained soils formed in mostly clayey and silty stratified lacustrine deposits on glacial lake basins. Slopes range from 0 to 20 percent. Mean annual precipitation is about 787 mm (31 inches). Mean annual temperature is about 8.9 degrees C (48 degrees F).
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
TYPICAL PEDON: Briggsville silt loam - on a 3 percent slope in a cultivated field at an elevation of about 274 meters (900 feet) above mean sea level. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise stated.)
Ap--0 to 18 cm (0 to 7 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; few roots; few pores; neutral; abrupt smooth boundary. [15 to 25 cm (6 to 10 inches) thick]
Bt1--18 to 23 cm (7 to 9 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate fine and very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; few roots; common pores; thin clay films on faces of some peds and in pores and channels; some dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) soil in worm and root channels; neutral; abrupt smooth boundary.
Bt2--23 to 43 cm (9 to 17 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) silty clay; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; few roots; common pores; thin clay films on faces of peds and in pores and channels; neutral; gradual wavy boundary.
Bt3--43 to 61 cm (17 to 24 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) silty clay; moderate fine prismatic structure parting to strong fine angular blocky; very firm; few roots; common pores; thin clay films on faces of peds and in pores and channels; slightly acid; gradual wavy boundary.
Bt4--61 to 84 cm (24 to 33 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) silty clay loam; moderate medium prismatic structure parting to strong fine and medium subangular blocky; firm; few roots; few pores; thin clay films on faces of peds and in pores and channels; slightly acid; gradual wavy boundary.
Bt5--84 to 99 cm (33 to 39 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) silty clay loam with a few thin strata of silt loam, very fine sand, and fine sand; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; tends to break to moderate medium plates along depositional strata; few roots; few pores; thin clay films on faces of some peds, some of which are faint reddish brown (5YR 4/3); slightly effervescent; moderately alkaline; gradual wavy boundary. [Combined thickness of the Bt horizons ranges from 43 to 84 cm (17 to 33 inches).]
C--99 to 152 cm (39 to 60 inches); light brown (7.5YR 6/4) silty clay loam with very thin lenses of silt loam and silt; massive; friable; tends to break to moderate medium plates along depositional strata; some vertical cleavage; few pores; violently effervescent; moderately alkaline.
TYPE LOCATION: Sauk County, Wisconsin; about 2.5 miles southwest of the village of Lake Delton; about 1900 feet south and 2050 feet east of the northwest corner of sec. 6, T. 12 N., R. 6 E. USGS Wisconsin Dells South, Wisconsin topographic quadrangle; lat. 43 degrees 32 minutes 57 seconds N., and long. 89 degrees 49 minutes 46 seconds W., NAD 27.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Depth to the base of the argillic horizon: 61 to 102 cm (24 to 40 inches)
Particle-size control section: averages 35 to 50 percent clay
Depth to carbonates: 61 to 102 cm (20 to 40 inches)
Rock fragments: absent throughout the series control section
Reaction in the surface and upper subsoil: naturally moderately acid or slightly acid, ranges to neutral, where the soil is limed; slightly acid to moderately alkaline in the lower subsoil; slightly alkaline or moderately alkaline in the substratum
Ap horizon:
Hue: 7.5YR or 10YR
Value: 3 to 5, colors with moist value of 3 have dry value of 6 or more
Chroma: 2 or 3
Texture: typically silt loam but loam in some pedons
A horizon [3 to 10 cm (1 to 4 inches) thick]:
Hue: 7.5YR or 10YR
Value: 2 or 3
Chroma: 1 or 2
Texture: typically silt loam, loam in some pedons
E horizon (where present):
Hue: 7.5YR or 10YR
Value: 4 to 6
Chroma: 2 or 3
Texture: typically silt loam, loam in some pedons
Bt horizon:
Hue: 2.5YR, 5YR or 7.5YR
Value: 4 or 5
Chroma: typically 3 or 4, ranges to 8 in some pedons
Texture: silty clay loam or silty clay, thin strata of finer or coarser texture in the lower part of the Bt horizon in some pedons
C horizon:
Hue: 2.5YR, 5YR or 7.5YR
Value: 4 to 6
Chroma: typically 3 or 4, ranges to 6 in some pedons
Texture: silty clay loam or silty clay, thin strata of finer or coarser texture
Clay content: averages 25 to 40 percent, total sand content averages 10 to 25 percent (mostly very fine and fine sand)
COMPETING SERIES: These are the
Chrome,
Edenton,
Eldean,
Lamoille,
Newnata,
Paintcreek,
Upshur,
Woodsfield,
Wynn, and
Zion series. Chrome soils have a lithic contact at a depth of 51 to 102 cm (20 to 40 inches). Edenton and and Wynn soils have a paralithic contact at a depth of 51 to 102 cm (20 to 40 inches). Eldean soils average more than 30 percent rock fragments in the lower part of the series control section and have more than 55 percent sand there (mostly medium and coarse). Lamoille soils have rock fragments throughout the series control section and do not have stratification in the lower part of the series control section. Newnata soils have a lithic contact at a depth of 102 to 152 cm (40 to 60 inches). Paintcreek soils do not have carbonates in the series control section; are more than 102 cm (40 inches) thick to the base of the argillic horizon; and have rock fragments in the lower part of the series control section. Upshur soils do not have carbonates within a depth of 102 cm (40 inches) and do not have stratification in the lower part of the series control section. Woodsfield soils have sloa greater than 102 cm (40 inches) deep and do not have free carbonates within a depth of 102 cm (40 inches). Zion soils have bedrock within depth of 51 to 102 cm (20 to 40 inches) from the surface.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Briggsville soils are on glacial lake basins. Slopes range from 0 to 20 percent. These soils formed in mostly clayey and silty stratified lacustrine deposits. Mean annual precipitation ranges from 737 to 813 mm (29 to 32 inches). Mean annual air temperature ranges from about 7.8 to 10.0 degrees C (46 to 50 degrees F).
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the
Hortonville,
Kewaunee,
Manawa,
Montello, and
Oshkosh soils. The Hortonville and Kewaunee soils formed in glacial till having a higher sand content and are on adjacent upland slopes. Manawa soils are on lower positions in the landscape and are somewhat poorly drained. Montello soils formed under prairie grasses and have mollic epipedons. Oshkosh soils are in glacial lake basins, but have finer textured sola.
DRAINAGE AND SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY: Well drained. Surface runoff is low to high. Saturated hydraulic conductivity is moderately high (1.41 to 4.23 micrometers per second). Permeability is moderately slow.
USE AND VEGETATION: Most areas of this soil are used for cropland. Small areas are used for pastureland or woodland. Native vegetation is mixed hardwood forest.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: MLRAs 89, 95A, and 95B in eastern and central Wisconsin. Briggsville soils are of moderate extent.
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: Indianapolis, Indiana
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Marquette County, Wisconsin, 1969.
REMARKS: Formerly these soils were included with the Oshkosh soils which are in a very-fine family.
7/04 - A total of 25,189 acres of Briggsville have been correlated in 9 soil surveys in Wisconsin. The 720 acres correlated in Columbia County appear to be formed in clayey till (gravel in typical pedon and soils in Adams County, just 1.5 miles from the Columbia Co. typical pedon site, were correlated as Kewaunee which is clayey till). These acres will probably be correlated to clayey till in an update.
7/04 - Of the 9 counties where Briggsville is correlated, only one (Calumet-Manitowoc with 3245 acres) has redox features in the typical pedon. Therefore, this revision redefines Briggsville as well drained only. A new typical pedon is used to reflect the plowed condition of most of the acreage and because there are discrepancies between the location given for the old typical pedon in the published survey and the location given in the OSD. The moderately well drained acres need to be correlated to another (new?) series (Oxyaquic Hapludalf) when those areas are updated.
Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon are: ochric epipedon - 0 to 18 cm (0 to 7 inches) (Ap ); argillic horizon - 18 to 99 cm (7 to 39 inches) (Bt1, Bt2, Bt3, Bt4, Bt5 ).
National Cooperative Soil Survey
U.S.A.