LOCATION GLIDDEN WIEstablished Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Alfic Haplorthods
TYPICAL PEDON: Glidden silt loam, on a convex 5 percent slope, in a forested area, at an elevation of about 1,565 feet. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise stated.)
A--0 to 3 inches; very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silt loam, gray (10YR 5/1) dry; weak fine granular structure; very friable; many fine and common medium roots; about 1 percent gravel; very strongly acid; abrupt smooth boundary. (0 to 5 inches thick)
E--3 to 8 inches; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) dry; weak medium platy structure; very friable; many fine and common medium roots; about 1 percent gravel and 1 percent cobbles; strongly acid; abrupt wavy boundary. (0 to 6 inches thick)
Bs--8 to 18 inches; brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; common fine and few medium roots; about 2 percent gravel and 1 percent cobbles; strongly acid; clear wavy boundary. (4 to 15 inches thick)
E/B--18 to 23 inches; about 80 percent brown (7.5YR 5/3) silt loam (E), pink (7.5YR 7/3) dry; weak thin platy structure; friable; penetrated by tongues of brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam (Bt), weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; few faint brown (7.5YR 4/3) clay films on faces of peds; about 2 percent gravel and 1 percent cobbles; few fine roots; strongly acid; clear wavy boundary.
B/E--23 to 27 inches; about 80 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) very fine sandy loam (Bt); weak medium subangular blocky structure; few faint brown (7.5YR 4/3) clay films on faces of peds; penetrated by tongues of brown (7.5YR 5/3) very fine sandy loam (E), pink (7.5YR 7/3) dry; weak thin platy structure; friable; about 4 percent gravel and 1 percent cobbles; few fine roots; strongly acid; clear wavy boundary. (Combined thickness of the glossic horizon is 3 to 15 inches thick.)
2Bt--27 to 32 inches; strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) gravelly sandy loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few faint brown (7.5YR 4/3) clay films on faces of peds; about 16 percent gravel and 1 percent cobbles; strongly acid; clear wavy boundary. (0 to 10 inches thick)
3C--32 to 80 inches; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) stratified gravelly sand and sand; single grain; loose; 22 percent gravel; moderately acid; clear wavy boundary.
TYPE LOCATION: Ashland County, Wisconsin; about 3 miles north and 5 miles west of Butternut; 350 feet north and 1,800 feet west of the southeast corner of sec. 4, T. 41 N., R. 2 W.; USGS Peeksville topographic quadrangle; lat. 46 degrees 3 minutes 30.5 seconds N. and long. 90 degrees 36 minutes 4.3 seconds W.; NAD 83.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS: Depth to the base of the argillic horizon and depth to stratified sandy outwash ranges from 20 to 40 inches. Thickness of the silty mantle ranges from 12 to 35 inches. The sandy outwash has more than 85 percent sand. Volume of gravel ranges from 0 to 5 percent in the silt mantle and from 0 to 35 percent in the loamy subsoil. Volume of gravel in the sandy outwash ranges from 3 to 45 percent as a weighted average, but ranges from 0 to 60 percent in individual strata. Volume of cobbles ranges from 0 to 5 throughout the pedon. Stones are on the surface in some areas and a stony phase is recognized. Reaction typically ranges from very strongly acid to slightly acid in the solum, but ranges to neutral in the Ap horizon where the soil is limed. Reaction ranges from strongly acid to slightly acid in the substratum.
Some pedons have an O horizon with hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 2 or 3, chroma of 1 to 3. The O horizon is a mat of partially decomposed forest litter.
The A horizon has hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 2 or 3, chroma of 1 or 2. Cultivated pedons have an Ap horizon with hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 3 or 4, and chroma of 2 or 3. Texture of the A or Ap horizon is silt loam or very fine sandy loam.
The E horizon has hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 4 to 6, chroma of 2 or 3. Colors of 4/3 or 5/3 have value dry of 7 or more. Texture is silt loam or very fine sandy loam.
The Bs horizon has hue of 5YR, value of 3 to 6, chroma of 4 to 6, or hue of 7.5YR, value of 3 to 5, chroma of 4. Texture is silt loam or very fine sandy loam.
Glidden soils have a glossic horizon (E/B or B/E horizons, or both). Horizonation has a wide range depending on the thickness of the silty mantle and the degree to which eluviation has occurred. Therefore, there can be E/B, B/E, 2E/B, or 2B/E horizons, singly or in combination, with or without Bt or 2Bt horizons.
The E part of the E/B or B/E horizons has colors and texture like the E horizon described above. The Bt part has hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 4 or 5, chroma of 4 to 6. Texture is silt loam or very fine sandy loam.
Some pedons have a Bt horizon with colors and texture like the Bt part described above. Glidden soils have less than 18 percent clay in the argillic horizon.
When present, the 2E part of the 2E/B or 2B/E horizons has hue of 5YR, 7.5YR, or 10YR, value of 4 to 6, chroma of 2 or 3. Texture is sandy loam, fine sandy loam, or the gravelly analogs. The 2Bt part has hue of 5YR or 7.5YR, value of 3 to 6, chroma of 4 to 6. Texture is sandy loam, fine sandy loam, or the gravelly analogs.
The 2Bt horizon has hue of 5YR or 7.5YR, value and chroma of 4 to 6. Texture is sandy loam, fine sandy loam, or the gravelly analogs. The combined thickness of the 2E/B, 2B/E, and 2Bt horizons is 5 inches or more and these horizons have more than 50 percent fine sand or coarser.
Some pedons have a 3BC horizon (or 3Bt horizon when present) with hue of 5YR or 7.5YR, value and chroma of 4 to 6. Texture is loamy coarse sand, loamy sand, or the gravelly or very gravelly analogs.
The 3C horizon has hue of 5YR, 7.5YR, or 10YR, value of 4 to 6, chroma of 3 to 6. Texture is stratified sand, coarse sand, or the gravelly, or very gravelly analogs.
COMPETING SERIES: These are the Goodman, Mequithy, Newot, Padus, Padwet, and Sarona series. Goodman, Newot, and Sarona soils do not have stratified sand and gravel within 40 inches. Mequithy soils have a lithic contact at 20 to 40 inches. Padus soils do not have silt loam or very fine sandy loam mantle. Padwet soils have wet moisture status and redoximorphic features within a depth of 60 inches.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Parent material: silty and loamy alluvium or eolian deposits underlain by stratified sandy outwash
Landform: outwash plains, outwash terraces, glacial lake plains, eskers, kames, and in outwash areas within moraines
Slope: 0 to 30 percent
Elevation: 700 to 1,900 feet
Mean annual air temperature: 39 to 45 degrees F
Mean annual precipitation: 28 to 33 inches
Frost-free period: 90 to 120 days
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the Annriver, Beaverbay, Padus, Padwood, Spiderlake, Stanberry, Tipler, Whisklake, and Worwood soils. The moderately well drained Spiderlake soils, the somewhat poorly drained Whisklake soils, and the poorly drained Annriver soils form a drainage sequence with the Glidden soils. The moderately well drained Beaverbay and Stanberry soils are nearby where the parent material is till. The moderately well drained Padwood soils and the somewhat poorly drained Worwood soils form a drainage sequence in nearby areas where the substratum is stratified sandy and loamy deposits at depths of 40 to 60 inches. The well drained Padus soils and moderately well drained Tipler soils are on similar landscapes where the silty mantle is thinner or absent.
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Well drained. Surface runoff is low to medium. Permeability is moderate in the silty and loamy mantle and rapid or very rapid in the sandy outwash.
USE AND VEGETATION: Most areas are in woodland. Native vegetation is mostly sugar maple, red maple, northern red oak, American basswood, white ash, and eastern hemlock, but bigtooth aspen, red pine, and eastern white pine are in some stands. Some areas have been cleared and are used for cropland. Common crops are corn, small grain, and hay.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Northern Wisconsin. LRR K; MLRAs 90A and 94D. These soils are of minor extent.
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: St. Paul, Minnesota; MLRA SSO 10-4 (Duluth, Minnesota).
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Price County, Wisconsin, 2005. Source of the name is a town in southern Ashland County.
REMARKS: Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon are:
Particle size control section: 10 to 40 inches;
Ochric epipedon: 0 to 8 inches (A, E);
Albic horizon: 3 to 8 inches (E);
Spodic horizon: 8 to 18 inches (Bs);
Glossic horizon: 18 to 27 inches (E/B, B/E);
Argillic horizon: 23 to 32 inches (B/E, 2Bt).
Only series status, responsibility, and scrivener's errors changed - 3/09.