LOCATION CITYPOINT WIEstablished Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Dysic, frigid Typic Haplosaprists
TYPICAL PEDON: Citypoint mucky peat - on a plane 1 percent slope in a bog at an elevation of 995 feet. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise stated.)
Oe--0 to 8 inches; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) broken face and rubbed mucky peat (hemic material); about 35 percent fiber, about 20 percent rubbed; massive; nonsticky primarily herbaceous fibers; extremely acid (ph 4.0 in water 1:1); gradual smooth boundary. (4 to 12 inches thick)
Oa--8 to 28 inches; black (10YR 2/1) broken face and rubbed muck (sapric material); about 20 percent fiber, less than 5 percent rubbed; massive; nonsticky; primarily herbaceous fibers; extremely acid (ph 4.0 in water 1:1); clear smooth boundary. (6 to 40 inches thick)
Cg--28 to 33 inches; light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) sand, single grain; loose; very strongly acid (ph 4.5); clear wavy boundary (1 to 11 inches thick)
Cr--33 to 60 inches; pale olive (5Y 6/3), brownish yellow (10YR 6/8), gray (10YR 5/1), and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interbedded sandstone and shale.
TYPE LOCATION: Clark County, Wisconsin; about 2 miles southwest of Sherwood; 50 feet north and 2500 feet west of the southeast corner, sec. 28, T. 23 N., R. 1 W.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS: Thickness of the organic layers and depth to the C horizon ranges from 16 to 51 inches. Depth to the paralithic contact with interbedded sandstone and shale ranges from 20 to 60 inches. Pedons with less than 20 inches of organic material, have a C horizon which extends to at least 20 inches. Fibers are mostly of herbaceous origin. The volume of wood fragments ranges from 0 to 10 percent. Reaction is extremely acid or very strongly acid throughout (pH less than 5.1 in water 1:1). Saturation occurs at or above the surface much of the year in most years.
The surface tier has hue of 5YR, 7.5YR, or 10YR or is neutral in hue. Value is 2 to 4 and chroma is 2 or 3.
The subsurface and bottom tiers are dominantly muck (sapric material) but in some pedons they have thin layers of mucky peat (hemic material) or peat (fibric material). The organic layers have hue of 5YR, 7.5YR, or 10YR or are neutral in hue. Value is 2 to 4 and chroma is 0 to 3.
The C horizon has hue of 2.5YR, 5YR, 7.5YR, 10YR, 2.5Y, 5Y, 5GY, or 5G; value of 3 to 7; and chroma of 1 to 8. The texture ranges from sand to clay, reflecting the underlying interbedded sandstone and shale. Volume of sandstone channers ranges from 0 to 15 percent.
The Cr horizon has hue of 2.5YR, 5YR, 7.5YR, 10YR, 2.5Y, 5Y, 5GY, or 5G; value of 3 to 7; and chroma of 1 to 8. It consists of interbedded layers of sandstone and shale.
COMPETING SERIES: This is the Loxley series. Related soils are the Beseman, Cathro, Dawsil, Dawson, Markey and Seelyeville series. Loxley and Seelyeville soils have organic layers more than 51 inches thick and do not have bedrock within 60 inches. In addition, Seelyeville soils are euic. Beseman and Cathro soils have 12 or more inches of loamy mineral soil material at depths of 16 to 51 inches. In addition, Cathro soils are euic. Dawsil, Dawson, and Markey soils have 12 or more inches of sandy mineral soil material at depths of 16 to 51 inches. In addition, Markey soils are euic.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Citypoint soils are in drainageways and depressions on pediments underlain by interbedded sandstone and shale. Slopes range from 0 to 1 percent. Citypoint soils formed in organic material 16 to 51 inches thick overlying residuum from the underlying interbedded sandstone and shale. Mean annual precipitation ranges from 28 to 33 inches. Mean annual temperature ranges from 38 to 42 degrees F. The frost free period ranges from about 90 to 130 days. Elevation ranges from 800 to 1400 feet.
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the competing Loxley soils and the Elm Lake, Fairchild, Humbird, Ludington, Merrillan and Veedum soils. The very poorly drained Loxley soils are in landscape positions similar to those of Citypoint soils where the organic layer is more than 51 inches thick. The poorly drained Elm Lake soils and Veedum soils are in similar landscape positions where the organic layer is thin or absent. The somewhat poorly drained Fairchild and Merrillan soils, and the moderately well drained Humbird and Ludington soils are nearby on higher lying, better drained sites.
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Very poorly drained. Surface runoff and internal drainage are very slow or ponded. Permeability is moderately slow to moderately rapid in the organic material; slow to rapid in the C horizon; and very slow to moderately slow in the Cr horizon. Citypoint soils have a perched seasonal high water table from 1 foot above to 1 foot below the surface much of the time from October to June in most years.
USE AND VEGETATION: Most areas of this soil are in native vegetation. Much of it is in marsh grasses, mosses, reeds, sedges, and shrubs but some areas have alder, black ash, quaking aspen, black spruce, eastern white pine, or tamarack.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: West-central Wisconsin. This series is of moderate extent.
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: St. Paul, Minnesota
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Clark County, Wisconsin, 1994.
REMARKS: Diagnostic features recognized in this soil: sapric feature - dominantly sapric material in the subsurface tier.
ADDITIONAL DATA: Soil Interpretation Record - WI0441.