LOCATION QUARDERER WIEstablished Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Coarse-silty, mixed, superactive, frigid Fluventic Hapludolls
TYPICAL PEDON: Quarderer silt loam - on a plane 2 percent slope in a cultivated field at an elevation of 1095 feet. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise stated.)
Ap--0 to 10 inches; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam, brown (10YR 5/3) dry; moderate medium granular structure; friable; common fine and medium roots; strongly acid; clear smooth boundary.
A--10 to 13 inches; dark brown (10YR 3/3) silt loam, brown (10YR 5/3) dry; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; common fine and medium roots; very strongly acid; clear smooth boundary. (Combined thickness of the A horizons is 10 to 23 inches)
C--13 to 22 inches; stratified layers of very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; massive; friable; breaks along depositional strata to medium and thick platy fragments; few fine roots; moderately acid; clear smooth boundary. (8 to 18 inches thick)
Ab1--22 to 26 inches; very dark brown (10YR 2/2) silt loam, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) dry; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few fine roots; moderately acid; clear smooth boundary. (4 to 10 inches thick)
Ab2--26 to 29 inches; dark brown (10YR 3/3) silt loam, brown (10YR 5/3) dry; moderate medium platy structure; friable; few fine roots; moderately acid; clear smooth boundary. (0 to 4 inches thick)
Btb1--29 to 39 inches; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; common distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) clay films on faces of peds; common faint brown (10YR 4/3) silt coatings on faces of peds; strongly acid; clear wavy boundary.
Btb2--39 to 48 inches; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; friable; common distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) clay films on faces of peds; few fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of iron accumulation; very strongly acid; clear smooth boundary.
Btb3--48 to 55 inches; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; common distinct dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) clay films on faces of peds; few fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of iron accumulation; very strongly acid; clear smooth boundary. (Combined thickness of the Bt horizons is 12 to 30 inches)
C'--55 to 72 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; massive; friable; few fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of iron accumulation; very strongly acid.
TYPE LOCATION: Barron County, Wisconsin; about 2 miles southwest of Dallas; 2240 feet south and 1140 feet east of the northwest corner of sec. 22, T. 32 N., R. 12 W. USGS Ridgeland NE, Wis. Quad. Latitude 45 degrees 14 minutes 45 seconds N. Longitude 91 degrees 50 minutes 32 seconds W. NAD 27.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS: Thickness of the mollic epipedon ranges from 10 to 23 inches. Depth to the Ab horizon ranges from 20 to 60 inches. The particle size control section averages 10 to 17 percent clay and less than 15 percent fine sand or coarser. Reaction typically ranges from very strongly acid to moderately acid throughout the soil but it ranges to neutral in the A horizons, where the soil is limed. Saturation occurs at 40 to 72 inches at some time in most years.
The Ap or A horizons have hue of 10YR and value and chroma of 2 or 3. Texture is silt loam.
The C horizon has hue of 10YR, value of 3 to 5, and chroma of 2 to 6 and typically is stratified with layers of different color. Many pedons have thin strata of finer or coarser textures in the C horizon. Texture is silt loam.
The Ab horizon has hue of 10YR, value of 2 or 3, and chroma of 1 to 3. Texture is silt loam.
The Btb horizons have hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 3 to 5, and chroma of 3 to 6. Value and chroma of 3 do not occur together. Texture is silt loam.
The C' horizon has hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 4 to 6; and chroma of 3 to 6. Texture is silt loam.
COMPETING SERIES: There are no competing series.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Quarderer soils are on drainageways with slope gradients of 3 percent or less. These soils formed in recently deposited dark colored silt loam alluvium 20 to 40 inches thick overlying a silty buried soil with a dark colored surface layer. Mean annual precipitation ranges from 28 to 33 inches. Mean annual air temperature ranges from 39 to 45 degrees F. The frost free period ranges from about 120 to 135 days. Elevation ranges from 800 to 1,950 feet.
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the Dobie, Doritty Vancecreek, and Wickware soils. The well drained Dobie soils are in higher landscape positions on summits, shoulders, and backslopes of adjacent uplands. The moderately well drained Doritty soils and the well drained Wickware soils are higher in the landscape on back slopes and foot slopes of adjacent valley sides. The poorly and very poorly drained Vancecreek soils are in lower positions on the drainageways.
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Moderately well drained. The potential for surface runoff is neglible or low. Permeability is moderate. Quarderer soils are subject to occasional brief or very brief flooding. These soils have an apparent seasonal high water table at a depth of 3.5 to 6 feet at some time during the period October to June in most years.
USE AND VEGETATION: Most areas are used for cropland or pastureland. Corn, small grain, and hay are common crops.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Northwestern Wisconsin. These soils are of small extent.
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: St. Paul, Minnesota
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Barron County, Wisconsin, 1993.
REMARKS: Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon are:
mollic epipedon - 0 to 13 inches (Ap, A);
fluventic feature - irregular decrease of organic carbon content with increase in depth.
ADDITIONAL DATA: Soil Interpretation Record - WI0483. Refer to soil survey sample number 89WI005006 for NSSL data on the typical pedon.