LOCATION TINT WIEstablished Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Mesic, uncoated Typic Quartzipsamments
TYPICAL PEDON: Tint sand - on a plane south facing slope of 1 percent in an abandoned field at an elevation of about 985 feet. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise stated.)
Ap--0 to 9 inches; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) sand, brown (10YR 5/3) dry; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; many very fine and fine roots; strongly acid; abrupt wavy boundary. (6 to 9 inches thick)
Bw1--9 to 17 inches; dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; common very fine and fine roots; moderately acid; clear smooth boundary.
Bw2--17 to 24 inches; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; few very fine and fine roots; moderately acid; clear smooth boundary. (Combined thickness of the Bw horizons ranges from 6 to 32 inches.)
BC--24 to 34 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sand; single grain; loose; few very fine and fine roots; moderately acid; clear wavy boundary. (0 to 10 inches thick)
C1--34 to 38 inches; very pale brown (10YR 7/4) sand; single grain; loose; few very fine and fine roots; common medium prominent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) masses of iron accumulation; slightly acid; gradual smooth boundary.
C2--38 to 60 inches; brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) sand; single grain; loose; many medium distinct yellow (10YR 7/8) masses of iron accumulation; slightly acid.
TYPE LOCATION: Jackson County, Wisconsin; about 5 miles east of Taylor; 1980 feet south and 245 feet east of the northwest corner, sec. 5, T. 21 N., R. 5 W.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS: Solum thickness ranges from 20 to 40 inches. The content of silt plus clay is 5 percent or less as a weighted average in the particle-size control section but is more than 5 percent in the upper 10 to 15 inches of the series control section. The soil has less than 10 percent weatherable minerals throughout (0.02 - 2 mm fraction). Volume of chert or sandstone gravel or channers ranges from 0 to 15 percent throughout the pedon. Reaction typically ranges from very strongly acid to moderately acid in the solum but ranges to neutral in the upper part, where the soil is limed. Reaction ranges from strongly acid to slightly acid in the substratum. Redox concentrations are within 72 inches and commonly within 40 inches. Saturation typically occurs at 40 to 72 inches. Saturation occurs within 40 inches in some pedons, for less than 1 month per year or less than 6 out of 10 years, or both.
The Ap horizon has hue of 7.5YR or 10YR value of 2 to 4 and chroma of 1 to 3. Some pedons have an A horizon with value of 2 or 3 and chroma of 1 or 2.
Some pedons have an E horizon with hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 4 or 5; and chroma of 2 or 3. It is sand or fine sand.
The Bw horizon has hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 3 to 5, and chroma of 4 to 6. It is sand or fine sand.
The BC horizon has hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 5 or 6, and chroma of 4 to 8. It is sand or fine sand.
The C horizon has hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 5 to 8, and chroma of 2 to 8. It is sand or fine sand. In some pedons formed in residuum, it has thin strata of redder hue inherited from the parent material.
COMPETING SERIES: These are Boone, Carver, Hookson, and Tarr series. Boone soils have a paralithic contact with sandstone at a depth of 20 to 40 inches. Carver soils have 25 percent or more coarse or very coarse sand and less than 50 percent of either medium, fine, or very fine sand. Hookson soils (MAP=44 inches) are more moist in the soil moisture control section during the 120 days following the summer solstice and they have 5 percent or less silt plus clay throughout. Tarr soils do not have redox features or a zone of saturation within 60 inches.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Tint soils are on stream terraces and pediments. Slope gradients range from 0 to 6 percent. Tint soils formed in siliceous sandy alluvium or siliceous residuum from sandstone bedrock . Mean annual precipitation ranges from 28 to 33 inches. Mean annual temperature ranges from 46 to 51 degrees F. The frost free period ranges from about 135 to 160 days. Elevation ranges from 700 to 1200 feet.
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are Impact, Majik, Tarr, and Tintson soils. The excessively drained and moderately well drained Impact soils are in landscape positions slightly higher than, or similar to, those of Tint soils where there is a thick dark surface layer. The somewhat poorly drained Majik soils and the excessively drained Tarr soils form a drainage sequence with Tint soils. Tintson soils are in landscape positions similar to those of Tint soils where there is a loamy substratum at a depth of 40 to 60 inches.
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Moderately well drained. Surface runoff is slow. Permeability is rapid. These soils have an apparent seasonal high water table at a depth of 3.5 to 6 feet for 1 month or more per year at some time during the period November to May in 6 or more out of 10 years.
USE AND VEGETATION: Some areas are used for cropland. Common crops are corn, small grain, and hay. Irrigated specialty crops are also grown. Some areas are used for woodland. Native vegetation is mixed deciduous and coniferous forest with jack pine, northern pin oak, and eastern white pine the most common trees.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: West central Wisconsin. Tint soils are of moderate extent.
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: St. Paul, Minnesota
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Jackson County, Wisconsin, 1994.
REMARKS: Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon are: ochric epipedon - 0 to 9 inches (Ap ); siliceous feature - have less than 10 percent weatherable minerals in the particle-size control section (0.02 - 2 mm fraction); uncoated feature - have 5 percent or less silt plus clay as an average in the particle-size control section.
ADDITIONAL DATA: Soil Interpretation Record - WI0268.