LOCATION DANCY WIEstablished Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Typic Glossaqualfs
TYPICAL PEDON: Dancy sandy loam - on a 2 percent slope in wooded pasture at an elevation of about 1330 feet. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise stated.)
A--0 to 4 inches; black (10YR 2/1) sandy loam, gray (10YR 5/1) dry; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; few fine roots; about 3 percent gravel; moderately acid; abrupt wavy boundary. (2 to 5 inches thick)
Eg--4 to 10 inches; gray (10YR 5/1) loamy sand, light gray (10YR 7/1) dry; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; few fine roots; few fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of iron accumulation; about 3 percent gravel; moderately acid; clear wavy boundary. (2 to 6 inches thick)
E/B--10 to 21 inches; 80 percent gray (10YR 5/1) loamy sand (E), light gray (10YR 7/1) dry; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; surrounds remnants of brown (10YR 4/3) sandy loam (Bt); weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; many medium prominent and distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of iron accumulation; about 5 percent gravel; moderately acid; clear wavy boundary. (Glossic horizon - 4 t 20 inches thick)
2Btg1--21 to 30 inches; light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; common faint grayish brown (2.5YR 5/2) clay films on faces of peds; many medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of iron accumulation; about 8 percent gravel; moderately acid; clear wavy boundary.
2Btg2--30 to 41 inches; dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few faint grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay films on faces of peds: common medium prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of iron accumulation; about 12 percent gravel; moderately acid; gradual wavy boundary. (Combined thickness of the 2Btg horizon ranges from 5 to 30 inches.)
2Cg--41 to 60 inches; variegated dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sandy loam, massive; friable; about 12 percent gravel; slightly acid.
TYPE LOCATION: Marathon County, Wisconsin; about 1.5 miles southwest from Ringle; 550 feet west and 100 feet south of the northeast corner of sec. 31, T. 28 N., R. 9 E.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS: Depth to the base of the argillic horizon ranges from 28 to 50 inches. The alluvial mantle ranges from 20 to 40 inches thick and has less than 30 percent fine or very fine sand and 30 percent or more of medium, coarse, and very coarse sand. The particle-size control section averages between 18 and 30 percent clay and from 15 to 50 percent fine sand and coarser. Volume of gravel ranges from 0 to 10 percent in the alluvial mantle and from 2 to 35 percent in the till. Volume of cobbles and stones ranges from 0 to 10 percent throughout. Reaction naturally ranges from strongly acid to slightly acid in the alluvial mantle but ranges to neutral in the upper part, where the soil is limed. Reaction ranges from strongly acid to slightly acid in the till subsoil and from slightly acid to slightly alkaline in the till substratum. Redox accumulations are throughout the soil below the A horizon. Redox depletions with chroma of 2 or less occur within 20 inches and are 50 percent or more of the matrix in at least the upper 5 inches of the argillic horizon. Saturation occurs above 1 foot for long periods.
The A horizon has value of 2 or 3 and chroma of 1 or 2. Cultivated pedons have an Ap horizon with value of 3 or 4 and chroma of 2 or 3.
The E horizon has hue of 10YR or 2.5Y, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 1 or 2. It is loamy sand or sandy loam.
Dancy soils have a glossic horizon (E/B or B/E horizons, or both). The E part has color and texture like the E horizon above. The Bt part has hue of 7.5YR, 10YR, or 2.5Y; value of 4 to 6; and chroma of 1 to 3. It is sandy loam or loam.
Some pedons have a 2B/Eg horizon. The 2Eg part has hue of 7.5YR, 10YR, 2.5Y, or 5Y; value of 4 to 6; and chroma of 1 or 2. It is typically sandy loam, sandy clay loam, loam or the gravelly analogs but in some pedons it is loamy sand or gravelly loamy sand. The 2Btg part has hue of 7.5YR, 10YR, 2.5Y, or 5Y; value of 4 to 6; and chroma of 1 or 2. It is loam, sandy clay loam, or clay loam or the gravelly analogs.
The 2Btg horizon has color and texture like the 2Btg part described above except some pedons have subhorizons of sandy loam or gravelly sandy loam.
Some pedons have a 2Bt horizon below the 2B/Eg or 2Btg horizon, with hue of 7.5YR, 10YR, 2.5Y, or 5Y; value of 4 to 6; and chroma of 3 to 8. It is sandy loam, loam, sandy clay loam, clay loam, or the gravelly analogs.
The 2Cg or 2C horizon has hue of 7.5YR, 10YR, 2.5Y, or 5Y; value of 2 to 6; and chroma of 1 to 8. It has texture like the 2Bt horizon above.
COMPETING SERIES: These are the Morph and Payne(T) series. Similar soils are the Marshfield and Sherry series. Morph soils have free carbonates in the lower part of the series control section within a depth of 40 inches. Marshfield and Sherry soils do not a glossic horizon.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Dancy soils are in upland drainageways and depressions on ground moraines underlain by bedrock. Slope gradients range from 0 to 2 percent. These soils formed in a mantle of loamy and sandy alluvium and in the underlying loamy glacial till or loamy residuum weathered from igneous and metamorphic bedrock, or both. The till is believed to be derived mainly from the local residuum, but the glacial stratigraphy in the area where these soils occur is not fully worked out. Mean annual precipitation ranges from 28 to 33 inches Mean annual temperature ranges from 39 to 45 degrees F. The frost free period ranges from about 120 to 135 days. Elevation ranges from 780 to 1950 feet.
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the Guenther and Rockers series. The moderately well drained Guenther soils and the somewhat poorly drained Rockers soils form a drainage sequence with Dancy soils.
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Poorly drained. Surface runoff is slow or ponded. Permeability is moderate or moderately rapid in the alluvial mantle and moderate in the till. Dancy soils have an apparent seasonal high water table from 1 foot above to 1 foot below the surface for long periods from September to June in most years.
USE AND VEGETATION: Most areas are used for woodland. Common trees are American elm, red maple, black ash, and quaking aspen. Some areas are used for pastureland and some are drained and used for cropland. Common crops are corn, small grain, and hay.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Central Wisconsin in Wood, Portage, and Marathon Counties. These soils are of moderate extent.
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: St. Paul, Minnesota
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Wood County, Wisconsin, 1971.
REMARKS: Field experience indicates that these soils have some evidence of till overlying the residuum or a mixture of till and residuum in the upper few feet of the lower part of the profile.
Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon are: ochric epipedon - 0 to 10 inches (A, E); albic horizon - 4 to 10 inches (E); glossic horizon - 10 to 21 inches (E/B); argillic horizon - 21 to 30 inches (2Btg1, 2Btg2); aquic feature - reduction and redoxymorphic features within a depth of 12 inches an saturation there for some time in most years and dominant chroma of 2 or less in the at least the upper 5 inches of the argillic horizon.
ADDITIONAL DATA: Soil Interpretation Record - WI0032.