LOCATION MICKLE WIEstablished Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Argiudolls
TYPICAL PEDON: Mickle silt loam on a concave, southwest-facing slope of 7 percent, in a cultivated field, at elevation of 351 meters. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise stated.)
Ap--0 to 30 centimeters; very dark brown (10YR 2/2) silt loam, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) dry; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; friable; common very fine and fine roots; about 2 percent chert channers; neutral; clear wavy boundary. (25 to 49 centimeters thick)
BE--30 to 46 centimeters; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; common fine and medium roots; about 2 percent chert channers; slightly acid; clear wavy boundary.
Bt1--46 to 69 centimeters; brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; common very fine and many fine roots; common faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on the faces of peds and in pores; about 1 percent chert channers; moderately acid; clear wavy boundary.
Bt2--69 to 109 centimeters; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; few very fine roots; many faint brown (10YR 4/3) clay films on the faces of peds and in pores; about 1 percent chert channers; moderately acid; clear wavy boundary.
Bt3--109 to 140 centimeters; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; common medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of iron accumulation; common faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on the faces of peds and in pores; about 3 percent dolostone channers; slightly acid; gradual wavy boundary.
Bt4--140 to 165 centimeters; brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; common coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of iron accumulation and few faint light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions; few faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on the faces of peds and in pores; about 5 percent dolostone and sandstone channers; slightly acid; gradual wavy boundary.
BC--165 to 203 centimeters; brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable; many very coarse distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) masses of iron accumulation and common fine light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions; about 7 percent dolostone and sandstone channers; slightly acid.
TYPE LOCATION: Major Land Resource Area (MLRA) 105-Northern Mississippi Valley Loess Hills, Richland County, Wisconsin; about 1 mile west of Sylvan; about 350 feet east and 500 feet north of the southwest corner of sec. 17, T. 11 N., R. 2 W.; Sugar Grove WI USGS quad; latitude 43 degrees 25', 27" N.: longitude 90 degrees 38', 47" W.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS:
Thickness of mollic epipedon--25 to 49 centimeters
Kind of rock fragments--dolostone, chert and sandstone
Volume of rock fragments--0 to 10 percent channers and 0 to 5 percent flagstones; fragments can be dolostone, chert, and/or sandstone
Depth to redoximorphic features and saturation--102 to 203 centimeters
Reaction--strongly acid to slightly acid but ranges to neutral in the upper horizons, where limed
Ap horizon (or A horizon when present):
Hue--10YR
Value--2 or 3
Chroma--1 to 3
Texture--silt loam
BE horizon:
Hue--10YR
Value--4 to 6
Chroma--1 to 4
Texture-silt loam
Bt horizon:
Hue--10YR
Value--3 to 5
Chroma--3 to 6
Texture--silt loam or silty clay loam; in some pedons, subhorizons of loam are present in the lower part
BC horizon:
Hue--10YR
Value--4 to 6
Chroma--2 to 6
Texture--silt loam; in some pedons, subhorizons of loam are present
COMPETING SERIES: These are the
Ashdale,
Broadwell,
Dinsdale,
Douglas,
Elkhart,
Elmont,
Gymer,
Healing,
Lycurgus,
Malcolm,
Meadowbank,
Mendota,
Ogle,
Osco,
Parkway,
Plano,
Proctor,
Richwood,
Ripon,
Sibley,
Sidell,
Tama,
Tecumseh,
Toddville,
Wakenda, and
Waupecan series.
Ashdale and Elmont--have a paralithic contact within a depth of 152 centimeters
Broadwell, Plano, Tama, and Wakenda--have more than 27 percent clay in the particle size control section (weighted average)
Dinsdale, Meadowbank, Proctor, Richwood, Tecumseh, Toddville, and Waupecan--have more than 50 percent sand in lower part of series control section (weighted average)
Douglas, Healing, Ogle and Sidell--do not have redoximorphic features within a depth of 200 centimeters and do not have a frequently saturated zone within 200 centimeters
Elkhart and Parkway--have carbonates within a depth of 152 centimeters
Gymer--do not have a frequently saturated zone within a depth of 200 centimeters
Lycurgus and Malcom--do not have a frequently saturated zone within a depth of 152 centimeters
Mendota--have carbonates at a depth of 61 to 102 cm
Osco--have redoximorphic features above a depth of 102 centimeters and saturation between a depth of 1.2 and 1.8 meters
Riponhave a lithic contact above 102 centimeters
Sibleyhave mollic epipedons more than 61 centimeters thick
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Parent Material--silty slope alluvium
Landform--headslopes of hills
Elevation--335 to 366 meters
Mean annual air temperature--9 to 11 degrees C
Mean annual precipitation--762 to 864 millimeters
Frost-free period--135 to 160 days
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS:
These are the
Fivepoints and
Blackhammer soils near the Type Location.
Fivepoints--are higher in the landscape, are clayey over loamy-skeletal, and do not have redoximorphic features and saturation at 102 to 203 centimeters Blackhammer--are higher in the landscape and do not have redoximorphic features and saturation at 102 to 203 centimeters
DRAINAGE AND SATURATED HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY:
Drainage class--moderately well drained; have a perched seasonal high water table at a depth of 1 to 1.5 meters for 1 month or more per year at some
time during the period October to June in 6 or more out of 10 years
Saturated hydraulic conductivity--4.23-14.11 micrometers per second (moderate) throughout
USE AND VEGETATION: These soils are used for cropland. Common crops are corn, hay, and small grain.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT:
Physiographic division--Interior Plains
Physiographic Province--Central Lowland
Physiographic sections--Wisconsin driftless section,
MLRAs--Northern Mississippi Valley Loess Hills (105)
LRR--M; southwestern Wisconsin
Extent--small
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: St. Paul, Minnesota
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Richland County, Wisconsin, 2002. Name comes from a road in the town of Gotham in Richland County.
REMARKS:
Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon are:
Mollic epipedon: The zone from 0 to 30 centimeters.(Ap)
Argillic horizon: The zone from 30 to 165 centimeters.(Bt1, Bt2, Bt3,Bt4)
Areas of these soils continuously receive small amounts of soil material from higher lying areas.
ADDITIONAL DATA: None available at this time.