LOCATION STANBERRY WIEstablished Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Alfic Oxyaquic Haplorthods
TYPICAL PEDON: Stanberry sandy loam, on a convex, south-facing, 2 percent slope, in a hardwood forest, at an elevation of about 1,250 feet. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise stated.)
Oa--0 to 1 inches; black (7.5YR 2.5/1) highly decomposed plant material, very dark gray (7.5YR 3/1) dry; moderate fine and medium granular structure; very friable; many very fine, fine, medium and coarse roots; slightly acid; abrupt wavy boundary. (0 to 3 inches thick)
E--1 to 3 inches; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) sandy loam, gray (10YR 6/1) dry; weak coarse platy structure parting to moderate fine subangular blocky; very friable; many very fine, fine, medium and coarse roots; 5 percent gravel and 1 percent cobbles; strongly acid; abrupt broken boundary. (0 to 3 inches thick)
Bs1--3 to 11 inches; dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) sandy loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; many very fine, fine, medium and coarse roots; 5 percent gravel and 1 percent cobbles; moderately acid; clear wavy boundary.
Bs2--11 to 19 inches; brown (7.5YR 4/4) sandy loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; friable; common very fine, fine, medium and coarse roots; 5 percent gravel and 1 percent cobbles; strongly acid; clear wavy boundary. (Combined thickness of the Bs horizons is 9 to 20 inches thick)
E/B--19 to 24 inches; 60 percent brown (10YR 4/3) sandy loam (E), very pale brown (10YR 7/3) dry; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; surrounds remnants of reddish brown (5YR 4/4) sandy loam (Bt); moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; few fine and very fine roots; few faint reddish brown (5YR 4/3) clay films on faces of peds; 5 percent gravel and 1 percent cobbles; few fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of iron accumulation; strongly acid; clear wavy boundary.
B/E--24 to 32 inches; 60 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) sandy loam (Bt); moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few fine roots; common faint reddish brown (5YR 4/3) clay films on faces of peds; penetrated by tongues of brown (7.5YR 5/3) sandy loam (E), pink (7.5YR 7/3) dry; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 5 percent gravel and 1 percent cobbles; common medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of iron accumulation; strongly acid; abrupt wavy boundary. (Combined thickness of the glossic horizon ranges from 4 to 26 inches)
2BC--32 to 42 inches; reddish brown (5YR 4/4) loamy sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 13 percent gravel and 1 percent cobbles; few fine distinct yellowish red (5YR 4/6) masses of iron accumulation; moderately acid; abrupt wavy boundary. (0 to 23 inches thick)
2Cd--42 to 80 inches; reddish brown (5YR 4/4) loamy sand; massive tending to part along horizontal cleavage planes; firm with slight brittleness, very hard; 13 percent gravel and 1 percent cobbles; moderately acid.
TYPE LOCATION: Washburn County, Wisconsin; about 1 mile north and 10 miles east of Minong; 1,050 feet east and 1,210 feet north of the southwest corner of sec. 11, T. 42 N., R. 10 W.; Chittamo NE, Wis. USGS quadrangle; lat. 46 degrees, 8 minutes, 3 seconds N., and long. 91 degrees, 35 minutes, 21 seconds W.; NAD 27.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS: Depth to the densic contact ranges from 40 to 60 inches. Content of clay averages from 7 to 17 percent in the particle-size control section and in the argillic horizon. The content of sand coarser than very fine averages 35 to 70 percent. Coarse fragments are dominantly of igneous origin and are of mixed lithology. Total volume of rock fragment ranges from 0 to 15 percent in the upper part of the loamy alluvium, 0 to 25 percent in the lower part and 5 to 35 percent in the dense till. Volume of gravel ranges from 0 to 20 percent in the loamy alluvium and from 5 to 35 percent in the dense till. Volume of cobbles ranges from 0 to 5 percent and volume of stones ranges from 0 to 3 percent throughout. Surface stones have coverage ranging from 0 to 3 percent. Reaction ranges from extremely acid to moderately acid in the upper part of the loamy alluvium, but ranges to neutral where the soil is limed. Reaction ranges from very strongly acid to slightly acid in the lower part of the loamy alluvium and from strongly acid to neutral in the dense till. Masses of iron accumulations are below the spodic horizon but within 40 inches. Saturation occurs within 40 inches at some time in normal years.
O horizon
Hue: 7.5YR, 10YR, or neutral
Value: 2 or 3
Chroma: 1 or 2
Texture: a mat of partially to highly decomposed forest litter.
Some pedons have an A or Ap horizon
Hue: 7.5YR or 10YR
Value: 2 or 3
Chroma: 1 or 2
Texture: sandy loam or fine sandy loam.
E horizon
Hue: 7.5YR or 10YR
Value: 4 or 5
Chroma: 2 or 3
(Colors of 4/3 or 5/3 have dry value of 7 or more)
Texture: sandy loam or fine sandy loam.
Bs horizon
Hue: 7.5YR
Value: 3 to 5
Chroma: 4
Texture: sandy loam, fine sandy loam, or their gravelly analogs.
Some pedons have an E' horizon
Hue: 7.5YR or 10YR
Value: 4 to 6
Chroma: 2 or 3
(Colors of 4/3, 5/3, or 6/3 have dry value of 7 or more)
Texture: sandy loam or gravelly sandy loam.
Stanberry soils have a glossic horizon (E/B or B/E horizons, or both). The E part of the E/B or B/E horizon has colors and textures like the E' horizon described above. The Bt part of the E/B or B/E horizon has hue of 5YR or 7.5YR, value of 3 or 4, and chroma of 4 to 6. Texture is sandy loam or gravelly sandy loam. Bulk density ranges from 1.65 to 1.85 gm/cc.
Some pedons have a Bt horizon with colors and textures like the Bt part of the E/B or B/E horizon described above.
2BC horizon
Hue: 5YR or 7.5YR
Value: 3 or 4
Chroma: 4 to 6
Texture: predominantly loamy sand or gravelly loamy sand, but some pedons have sandy loam or gravelly sandy loam textures. Clay content averages from 2 to 7 percent.
Bulk Density: 1.65 to 1.85 gm/cc.
Some pedons have a 2Bt horizon with colors, textures, and bulk density like the 2BC described above.
Some pedons have a 2BCd horizon
Hue: 5YR or 7.5YR
Value: 3 or 4
Chroma: 4
Texture: predominantly loamy sand or gravelly loamy sand, but some pedons have sandy loam or gravelly sandy loam textures. Clay content averages from 2 to 7 percent.
Bulk Density: 1.85 to 2.00 gm/cc.
2Cd horizon
Hue: 5YR or 7.5YR
Value: 3 or 4
Chroma: 4
Texture: predominantly loamy sand or gravelly loamy sand, but some pedons have sandy loam or gravelly sandy loam textures. Clay content averages from 2 to 7 percent.
Bulk Density: 1.85 to 2.00 gm/cc.
COMPETING SERIES: These are the Annalake, Beaverbay, Chequamegon, Goodwit, Gulliver, Loggerhead, Padwood, Sarwet, Shoepac, Spiderlake, and Tipler series. Annalake, Goodwit, Gulliver, Loggerhead, Padwood, Sarwet, Shoepac, Spiderlake, and Tipler soils do not have a densic contact within the series control section. Beaverbay and Chequamegon soils have a 12 to 36 inch mantle with more than 50 percent silt. Chequamegon soils average more than 7 percent clay in the dense till.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Parent material: Formed in loamy alluvium underlain by dense sandy or loamy lodgement till.
Landform: Disintegration moraines.
Slope: 1 to 30 percent.
Elevation: 1000 to 1500 feet.
Mean annual air temperature: 39 to 45 degrees F.
Mean annual precipitation: 28 to 33 inches.
Frost-free days: 110 to 135 days.
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the Beaverbay, Frogcreek, Parkfalls, Stinnett, and Wozny soils. The moderately well drained Beaverbay and Frogcreek soils are on similar landscape positions, but have a silty mantle. The somewhat poorly drained Parkfalls soils form a hydrosequence with the Stanberry soils. The somewhat poorly drained Stinnett soils are on lower or less sloping landscape positions and have a silty mantle. The very poorly drained Wozny soils are in depressions and have a silty mantle.
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Moderately well drained. Runoff is low to high. Permeability is moderate in the upper part of the loamy alluvium, moderately slow in the lower part, and slow in the dense till. Stanberry soils have seasonal saturation perched above the densic contact at a depth of 2.5 to 3.5 feet for 1 month or more per year at some time during the period September to June in normal years.
USE AND VEGETATION: These soils are mostly in woodland. Common trees are red maple, sugar maple, eastern hemlock, paper birch, and northern red oak with eastern hophornbeam, bigtooth aspen, white ash and yellow birch as associates in most stands. Some areas are cleared and used for pastureland or cropland. Corn, small grains, and hay are the common crops.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Northwestern Wisconsin. LRR K and MLRA 90A. The soil is of small extent.
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: St. Paul, Minnesota.
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Washburn County, Wisconsin, 2003. Source of the name is a village in northeastern Washburn County.
REMARKS: Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon are:
Particle size control section: the zone from 10 to 40 inches.
Ochric epipedon: from 0 to 3 inches (Oa, E).
Albic horizon: from 1 to 3 inches (E), and 19 to 32 inches (E part of E/B and B/E).
Spodic horizon: from 3 to 19 inches (Bs1, Bs2).
Glossic horizon: from 19 to 32 inches (E/B, B/E)
Argillic horizon: from 24 to 32 inches (B/E).
Densic contact: the contact with dense till (2Cd) at 42 inches.
Oxyaquic feature: redoximorphic features and saturation within 40 inches.
Lithologic discontinuity: at the upper boundary of the 2BC horizon at 32 inches.
ADDITIONAL DATA: Refer to soil survey sample numbers S00WI-129-035 and S00WI-129-024 for NSSL data on the dense till in nearby soils.