LOCATION KRANSKI WIEstablished Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Sandy, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
TYPICAL PEDON: Kranski loamy sand - on an 8 percent convex slope in an abandoned cultivated field at an elevation of about 1230 feet. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise stated.)
Ap--0 to 5 inches; dark brown (10YR 3/3) loamy sand, brown (10YR 5/3) dry; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; common fine roots; moderately acid; abrupt smooth boundary. (5 to 9 inches thick)
E--5 to 11 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loamy sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; common fine roots; moderately acid; clear wavy boundary. (0 to 6 inches thick)
BE--11 to 16 inches; strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; common fine roots; moderately acid; clear wavy boundary. (2 to 6 inches thick)
Bt1--16 to 24 inches; reddish brown (5YR 4/4) sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; common fine roots; discontinuous faint clay films on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; about 10 percent gravel; moderately acid; clear wavy boundary. (5 to 9 inches thick)
Bt2--24 to 36 inches; yellowish red (5YR 4/6) loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; clay bridging of sand grains; about 10 percent gravel; moderately acid; clear wavy boundary. (8 to 15 inches thick)
C--36 to 60 inches; brown (7.5YR 4/4) loamy sand; massive; very friable; about 10 percent gravel; moderately acid.
TYPE LOCATION: Portage County, Wisconsin; about 3 1/2 miles north of Almond; 1300 feet north and 200 feet west of the southeast corner of sec. 5, T. 21 N., R. 9 E. USGS Almond, Wis. Quad. Latitude 44 degrees 19 minutes 12 seconds N. Longitude 89 degrees 25 minutes 37 seconds W. NAD 27.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS: depth to the base of the argillic horizon ranges from 20 to 45 inches. The particle-size control section averages between 6 and 15 percent clay and from 65 to 85 percent fine sand or coarser. Volume of gravel ranges from 0 to 15 percent in the solum and from 5 to 25 percent in the substratum. Volume of cobbles ranges from 0 to 5 percent throughout the soil. Reaction ranges from strongly acid to slightly acid in the solum and from strongly acid to slightly alkaline in the substratum. Some pedons are calcareous below a depth of 40 inches.
The A horizon has hue of 10YR, value of 2 to 4, and chroma of 2 or 3. Texture is loamy sand.
The E horizon has hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 3 or 4. Texture is loamy sand or sand.
The BE horizon has hue of 5YR, 7.5YR, or 10YR and value and chroma of 4 to 6.
The Bt horizon has hue of 5YR or 7.5YR, value of 3 to 5, and chroma of 3 to 6. Value and chroma of 3 do not occur together. Texture is sandy loam in the upper part and loamy sand in the lower part.
The C horizon has hue of 5YR or 7.5YR, value of 3 to 5, and chroma of 3 or 4. Value and chrom of 3 do not occur together. Texture is sand or loamy sand, or the gravelly analogs.
COMPETING SERIES: There are no competing series.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Kranski soils are on ground moraines and end moraines. These soils formed in thick deposits of loamy sand or sand glacial till. Slopes range from 2 to 30 percent. Mean annual precipitation ranges from 25 to 36 inches. The mean annual air temperature ranges from 46 to about 51 degrees F.
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the Boyer, Coloma, Mecan, Oshtemo, Richford, and Wyocena soils. Boyer and Oshtemo soils are on less sloping landscapes and formed in glacial outwash. Coloma soils have lamellae, but they do not constitute an argillic horizon. Mecan and Wyocena soils occupy similar landscape positions, but they have finer textured argillic horizons. Richford soils are on similar slopes, but formed in outwash.
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Somewhat excessively drained. The potential for surface runoff ranges fron very low to medium. Permeability is moderately rapid.
USE AND VEGETATION: Most areas are used for woodland. The native vegetation is mixed deciduous and coniferous forests with black oak and jack pine predominating. The present vegetation is mixed hardwoods with scrub oak predominating. Some areas are used for cropland or pastureland. Common crops are corn, small grains, and hay.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Central Wisconsin. This soil is moderately extensive.
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: St. Paul, Minnesota
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Portage County, Wisconsin, 1972.
REMARKS: Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon are: ochric epipedon - 0 to 16 inches (Ap, E, BE);argillic horizon - 16 to 36 inches (Bt1, Bt2).
11/2006 The concept of this series is believed to be a sandy Alfisol developed in sandy till with a thin sandy loam layer (5 to 9 inches) in the upper part of the argillic horizon. However, about 4800 acres were correlated as a Taxadjunct in Waupaca Co. because they do not have the sandy loam layer in the argillic. There are many questions that need field checking. 1) Is the sandy loam layer always present in Portage Co. where the type location occurs? 2) If not, does the loamy sand Bt have the 3 percent clay increase necessary for an argillic? 3) How deep is soil development? The RIC says some pedons are calcareous below 40 inches. Are these soils formed in calcareous till? If so, perhaps sola are deeper than described and extend to carbonates.