LOCATION SHERRY WIEstablished Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Udollic Endoaqualfs
TYPICAL PEDON: Sherry silt loam - on a less than 1 percent slope in an open wooded area at an elevation of about 1,455 feet. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise stated.)
A1--0 to 4 inches; very dark brown (10YR 2/2) silt loam, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) dry; moderate medium granular structure; friable; many fine roots; few fine distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4) masses of iron accumulatin; about 1 percent rounded gravel; very strongly acid; clear wavy boundary.
A2--4 to 8 inches; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) dry; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; common fine roots; few fine distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4) masses of iron accumulation; about 1 percent rounded gravel; very strongly acid; clear wavy boundary. (Combined thickness of the A horizons ranges from 5 to 9 inches.)
Eg--8 to 13 inches; light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silt loam; weak medium platy structure parting to moderate very fine subangular blocky; friable; few fine roots; common fine prominent brown (7.5YR 4/4) masses of iron accumulation; common fine very dark brown (10YR 2/2) concretions (Fe and Mn oxides); about 5 percent rounded gravel; very strongly acid; clear wavy boundary. (2 to 8 inches thick)
Btg1--13 to 18 inches; light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; few fine roots; few distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay films on faces of peds; common medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of iron accumulation; few fine very dark brown (10YR 2/2) concretions (Fe and Mn oxides); about 5 percent rounded gravel; very strongly acid; clear wavy boundary. (0 to 6 inches thick)
Btg2--18 to 26 inches; brown (7.5YR 5/2) silt loam; weak medium prismatic structure parting to moderate fine subangular blocky; friable; few fine roots; common distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay films on vertical faces of peds; common medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) masses of iron accumulation; about 1 percent rounded gravel; very strongly acid; clear wavy boundary. (0 to 10 inches thick)
2Bt3--26 to 38 inches; brown (7.5YR 5/4) loam; weak medium prismatic structure parting to moderate medium subangular blocky; firm; few fine roots; few distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay film on vertical faces of peds; common medium distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/6) masses of iron accumulation; many medium distinct brown (7.5YR 5/2) iron depletions; about 2 percent rounded gravel; very strongly acid; clear wavy boundary. (10 to 25 inches thick)
2BC--38 to 44 inches; brown (7.5YR 4/4) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; common medium distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/6) masses of iron accumulation; common medium distinct brown (7.5YR 5/2)iron depletions; about 5 percent rounded gravel; strongly acid; clear wavy boundary. (0 to 8 inches thick)
3C--44 to 60 inches; variegated yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), reddish brown (2.5YR 5/4), and yellowish red (5YR 5/8) loam; massive; firm; about 5 percent angular and rounded gravel; moderately acid.
TYPE LOCATION: Marathon County, Wisconsin; about 8 miles northeast of Brokaw; 1500 feet north and 100 feet west of the southeast corner of sec. 25, T. 30 N., R. 8 E. USGS Kalinke, Wis. Quad. Latitude 45 degrees 03 minutes 03 seconds N., Longitude 89 degrees 29 minutes 34 seconds W. NAD 27.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS: Depth to the base of soil development ranges from 30 to 67 inches. Thickness of the loess or other silty mantle ranges from 15 to 30 inches. Reaction naturally ranges from very strongly acid to moderately acid in the upper and middle parts of the solum but ranges to neutral in the upper part, where the soil is limed. Reaction ranges from very strongly acid to neutral in the lower part of the solum and ranges from strongly acid to mildly alkaline in the substratum. Volume of gravel ranges from 0 to 7 percent in the loess or other silty mantle and from 2 to 35 percent in the 2Bt, 2BC, and 3C horizons. Volume of cobbles ranges from 0 to 5 percent in the loess or other silty mantle and from 0 to 10 percent in 2Bt, 2BC, 2C, and 3C horizons. A stony phase is recognized in some places.
The A or Ap horizon has hue of 10YR, value of 2 or 3, and chroma of 1 or 2. Texture is silt loam or mucky silt loam. Some pedons have an Oa horizon up to 7 inches thick.
The Eg horizon has hue of 10YR, 2.5Y, or 5Y; value of 4 to 6; and chroma of 1 or 2. texture is silt loam.
The Bt horizon has hue of 10YR, 2.5Y, or 5Y; value of 4 to 6; and chroma of 1 or 2. Texture is typically silt loam but subhorizons in some pedons are silty clay loam.
The 2Bt horizon has hue of 2.5YR, 5YR, 7.5YR, 10YR, 2.5Y, or 5Y;value of 4 or 5; and chroma of 1 to 8. Texture is loam, sandy loam, fine sandy loam, sandy clay loam, clay loam, or the gravelly analogs.
The 2BC horizon has similar colors and textures as the 2Bt horizon.
The 2C or 3C horizon has hue of 2.5YR, 5YR, 7.5YR, 10YR, 2.5Y, 5Y, or 5BG; value of 3 to 6; chroma of 2 to 8. It has textures similar to the 2Bt and 2BC horizons, but silt loam is included where sand content is greater than 25 percent.
COMPETING SERIES: This is the Gardens series. Gardens soils have less than 50 percent silt in the upper part of the series control section and have an accumulation of silica (Bq horizon) within the series control section.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Sherry soils are in depressions and drainageways on ground moraines. Slopes range from 0 to 3 percent. Sherry soils formed in loess or other silty deposits and in the underlying loamy glacial till or residuum weathered from igneous or metamorphic rocks, or both. The till is composed of the local residuum and other transported materials, and the separation between till and residuum is not always clear. Mean annual precipitation ranges from 28 to 32 inches. Mean annual air temperature ranges from 43 to 45 degrees F.
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the Altdorf, Dolph, Eaupleine, Fenwood, Meadland, Milladore, Mylrea, Rietbrock, and Rozellville soils. The well drained Eaupleine and the somewhat poorly drained Milladore are on higher, better drained areas in the landscape and are in a drainage sequence with the Sherry soils. The well drained Rozellville and somewhat poorly drained Meadland soils are on landscape positions similar to Eaupleine and Milladore soils. However, these soils have formed in less than 15 inches of loess or other silty deposits and in the underlying loamy glacial till or residuum weathered from igneous and metamorphic rocks, or both. Fenwood soils are well drained and Rietbrock soils are somewhat poorly drained. They are on landscape positions similar to Rozellville and Meadland soils and formed in similar materials with bedrock at a depth of 40 to 60 inches. Altdorf and Dolph soils are on landscapes similar to those of the Sherry soils, but their sola formed in clayey residuum weathered from mica schist. Mylrea soils are somewhat poorly drained and formed in loess or other silty deposits and in the underlying loamy glacial till and in the gravelly residuum weathered from coarse-grained igneous and metamorphic rocks.
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Poorly drained and very poorly drained. The potential for surface runoff ranges from negligible to medium. Permeability is moderately slow. These soils have an apparent seasonal high water table from 1 foot above to 1 foot below the surface for long periods in most years.
USE AND VEGETATION: Most areas are used for pastureland or woodland. Other areas have been drained and are used for cropland. Common crops are small grains and hay. Native vegetation is sedges and American elm, aspen, balsam, black ash, cedar, soft maple, spruce and tamarack.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Central Wisconsin, in Langlade, Marathon, Portage and Wood 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 and investigation indicates that these soils have evidence of till overlying the residuum or have only till as the underlying deposit. The till appears to be what was stripped from the local residuum plus other transported materials. When one is in either of the deposits is not always conclusive.
Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon are:
Ochric epipedon - 0 to 8 inches (A1, A2);
Albic horizon - 8 to 13 inches (Eg);
Argillic horizon - 13 to 38 inches (Btg1, Btg2, 2Bt3).
ADDITIONAL DATA: Refer to Soil Survey sample numbers 81WI073023 for NSSL data on the typifying pedon.