LOCATION TINTSON WIEstablished Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Mesic, uncoated Oxyaquic Quartzipsamments
TYPICAL PEDON: Tintson sand - on a convex west facing slope of 3 percent in a cultivated field at an elevation of about 970 feet. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise stated.)
Ap--0 to 8 inches, dark brown (10YR 3/3) sand, brown (10YR 5/3) dry; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; many very fine and fine roots; moderately acid; abrupt wavy boundary. (6 to 9 inches thick)
Bwl--8 to 14 inches; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; common very fine and fine roots; moderately acid; clear wavy boundary.
Bw2--14 to 24 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; common very fine and fine roots; moderately acid; clear wavy boundary. (Combined thickness of the Bw horizons ranges from 9 to 21 inches)
BC--24 to 28 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sand; single grain; loose; common very fine and fine roots; moderately acid; clear wavy boundary. (0 to 10 inches thick)
C--28 to 46 inches; yellow (10YR 7/6) sand; single grain; loose; few very fine and fine roots; few medium prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of iron accumulation; moderately acid; abrupt smooth boundary.
2C--46 to 60 inches; yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) stratified loam; massive; friable; few very fine and fine roots; common medium faint very pale brown (10YR 7/3) and prominent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) masses of iron depletion; very strongly acid.
TYPE LOCATION: Jackson County, Wisconsin; about 2 miles southeast of Taylor; 2100 feet east and 350 feet north of the center of sec. 16 T. 21 N., R. 6 W.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS: Thickness of the solum ranges from 20 to 40 inches. Thickness of the sandy mantle and depth to the loamy 2C horizon range from 40 to 60 inches. The weighted average content of silt plus clay is 5 percent or less in the particle-size control section. Volume of gravel ranges from 0 to 5 percent throughout the pedon. Reaction typically ranges from very strongly acid to moderately acid throughout but ranges to neutral in the upper part where the soil is limed. Redox concentrations and saturation occur within a depth of 40 inches. Redox depletions are below 40 inches in the 2C horizon in some pedons.
The Ap horizon has value of 3 or 4 and chroma of 2 or 3. Some pedons have a A horizon with hue of 10YR, value of 2 or 3, and chroma of 1 or 2.
The Bw horizon has hue of 7.5YR or 10YR; value of 4 or 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 to 7, and chromas of 3 to 8. It is sand or fine sand.
The C horizon has hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 5 to 7, and chroma of 2 to 8. It is fine sand or sand.
The 2C horizon has hue of 7.5YR or 10YR; value of 4 to 8, and chroma of 2 to 8. It is stratified sandy loam, loam, or silt loam.
COMPETING SERIES: There are no competing series. Closely related soils are the Arbutus, Boone, Carver, Gosil, Hookson, Rockdam, Shelldrake, Tarr, and Tint series. Arbutus, Rockdam, and Shelldrake soils are frigid. Boone soils have a paralithic contact within a depth of 20 to 40 inches. Carver, Hooksan, and Tarr soils have sandy textures to 60 inches or more and do not have redox features or a water table. Gosil soils have more than 5 percent silt plus clay in the particle-size control section. Tint soils have sandy textures to 60 inches or more.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Tintson soils are on stream terraces and pediments. Slope gradients range from 0 to 6 percent. Tintson soils formed in siliceous sandy alluvium underlain by loamy alluvium at 40 to 60 inches. 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 the Boone, Impact, Tarr and Tint soils. Excessively drained Boone soils are nearby on uplands where the sandy mantle is underlain by sandstone within a depth of 20 to 40 inches. The excessively drained or moderately well drained Impact soils are in landscape positions similar to those of Tintson soils where the surface layer is thicker and darker colored and the loamy substratum is absent. The excessively drained Tarr soils and the moderately well drained Tint soils are in similar landscape positions where the loamy substratum is absent.
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Moderately well drained. Surface runoff is slow or medium. Permeability is rapid in the sandy mantle and moderate in the loamy substratum. Tintson soils have a perched seasonal high water table at a depth of 2.5 to 3.5 feet for 1 month or more per year at some time during the period October to June in 6 or more out of 10 years.
USE AND VEGETATION: Much of this soil is in woodland. Some areas are used for cropland. Common crops are corn, small grain, and hay. Many areas which were used for cropland are now abandoned and are reverting to woodland. Native vegetations is jack pine and northern pin oak.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: West central Wisconsin. Tintson soils are of small extent. MLRA ?
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: St. Paul, Minnesota
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Jackson County, Wisconsin, 1994.
REMARKS: Diagnostic horizons and feature recognized in this pedon are: ochric epipedon - 0 to 8 inches (Ap); siliceous feature - have less than 10 percent weatherable minerals in the particle-size control section (0.02-20 mm fraction); uncoated feature - have 5 percent or less of silt plus clay as a weighted average in the particle-size control section.
ADDITIONAL DATA: Soil Interpretation Record-WI0473.