LOCATION WOZNY WIEstablished Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, frigid Typic Epiaqualfs
TYPICAL PEDON: Wozny muck, on a plane, slope of 1 percent, in a wooded swamp, at an elevation of about 1,245 feet. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise stated.)
Oa--0 to 3 inches; black (10YR 2/1) rubbed, muck; moderate fine granular structure; very friable; many fine and very fine roots and common medium and coarse roots; 4 percent cobbles; very strongly acid; abrupt smooth boundary. (0 to 6 inches thick)
Eg1--3 to 10 inches; dark gray (10YR 4/1) silty loam , light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) dry; weak medium prismatic structure parting to weak medium platy; friable; common fine and very fine roots; 2 percent cobbles and 4 percent gravel; few coarse prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of iron accumulation; strongly acid; clear wavy boundary.
Eg2--10 to 17 inches; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) dry; weak medium prismatic structure parting to weak medium platy; friable; common fine roots; 2 percent cobbles and 4 percent gravel; many coarse prominent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of iron accumulation; moderately acid; clear smooth boundary. (Combined thickness of the Eg horizons is 0 to 20 inches)
Btg1--17 to 29 inches; brown (7.5YR 5/2) silt loam; weak medium prismatic structure parting to moderate medium and fine platy; friable; common fine roots; few faint brown (7.5YR 4/2) clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent cobbles and 4 percent gravel; many medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) masses of iron accumulation; strongly acid; gradual wavy boundary.
Btg2--29 to 37 inches; grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium and fine angular blocky structure; friable; common faint brown (7.5YR 4/2) clay films on faces of peds; 2 percent cobbles and 4 percent gravel; many medium prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) masses of iron accumulations; very strongly acid; abrupt smooth boundary. (Combined thickness of the Btg horizons is 10 to 30 inches)
2C--37 to 56 inches; brown (7.5YR 4/3) sandy loam with thin strata of very fine sandy loam and loam; massive; friable; 2 percent cobbles and 10 percent gravel; many coarse distinct irregular light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions and many coarse faint dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) and many coarse prominent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) masses of iron accumulations; very strongly acid; abrupt smooth boundary. (4 to 20 inches thick)
3Cd--56 to 80 inches; reddish brown (5YR 4/3) loamy sand with pockets of sandy loam; massive tending to part along horizontal cleavage planes; firm with slight brittleness, very hard; 4 percent cobbles and 10 percent gravel; strongly acid.
TYPE LOCATION: Washburn County, Wisconsin; about 32 miles northeast of Spooner; 2,050 feet east and 2,100 feet north of the southwest corner of sec. 33, T. 42 N., R. 10 W; USGS Stanberry West topographic quadrangle; lat. 46 degrees, 04 minutes, 35 seconds N., and long. 91 degrees, 37 minutes, 36 seconds W.; NAD 27.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS: Thickness of silty mantle ranges from 12 to 36 inches. Depth to the densic contact ranges from 40 to 60 inches. Content of clay averages from 7 to 17 percent in the particle-size control section and the content of sand coarser than very fine averages 15 to 70 percent. Coarse fragments are dominantly of igneous origin and are of mixed lithology. Total volume of rock fragment ranges from 0 to 10 percent in the silty mantle, 0 to 25 percent in the loamy alluvium, and 5 to 35 percent in the dense till. Volume of gravel ranges from 0 to 10 percent in the silty mantle, from 0 to 20 percent in the loamy alluvium, and from 5 to 35 percent in the dense till. Volume of cobbles ranges from 0 to 3 percent in the silty mantle and from 0 to 5 percent in the loamy alluvium and in the dense till. Volume of stones ranges from 0 to 1 percent in the silty mantle and from 0 to 3 percent in the loamy alluvium and in the dense till. Surface stones have coverage ranging from 0 to 3 percent. Reaction ranges from very strongly acid to slightly in the silty mantle and in the loamy alluvium, and from strongly acid to neutral in the dense till. Masses of iron accumulations occur in all layers above the densic contact. Aquic conditions occur within 12 inches at some time in normal years.
Oa horizon
Hue: 5YR, 7.5YR, or 10YR
Value: 2 or 3
Chroma: 1 or 2
Texture: muck
Some pedons have an A horizon
Hue: 10YR
Value: 2 or 3
Chroma: 1 or 2
Texture: silt loam.
Eg horizon
Hue: 7.5YR or 10YR
Value: 4 to 6
Chroma: 1 or 2
Texture: silt loam or silty clay loam.
Btg horizon
Hue: 7.5YR or 10YR
Value: 4 to 6
Chroma: 1 or 2
Texture: silt loam.
2C horizon
Hue: 5YR or 7.5YR
Value: 3 to 6
Chroma: 3 to 4
Texture: stratified loamy sand, sandy loam, fine sandy loam, very fine sandy loam, loam, silt loam, or their gravelly analogs.Bulk density: 1.65 to 1.85 gm/cc.
3Cd horizon
Hue: 5YR or 7.5YR
Value: 3 to 4
Chroma: 4
Texture: predominantly loamy sand or gravelly loamy sand, but some pedons have sandy loam or gravelly sandy loam textures. Clay content averages from 2 to 7 percent.
Bulk Density: 1.85 to 2.00 gm/cc.
COMPETING SERIES: This is the Capitola series. Capitola soils average more than 7 percent clay in the dense till.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING:
Parent material: Formed in loess or silty alluvium over loamy alluvium underlain by dense sandy or loamy lodgement till.
Landform: Disintegration moraines.
Slope: 0 to 2 percent.
Elevation: 1000 to 1500 feet.
Mean annual air temperature: 39 to 45 degrees F.
Mean annual precipitation: 28 to 33 inches.
Frost-free days: 110 to 135 days.
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the Beaverbay, Frogcreek, Parkfalls, Stanberry, and Stinnett soils. The moderately well drained Beaverbay and Stanbery soil and the somewhat poorly drained Parkfalls soils are on more sloping landscape positions. The moderately well drained Frogcreek soils and the somewhat poorly drained Stinnett soils form a hydrosequence with Wozny soils.
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Very poorly drained. The potential for surface runoff ranges from negligible to medium. Permeability is moderate in the silty mantle, moderately slow in the loamy alluvium, and slow in the dense till. Wozny soils have seasonal saturation perched above the densic contact at a depth of 1 foot above the surface to 0.5 foot below the surface for a long duration at some time during the period September to June in normal years.
USE AND VEGETATION: These soils are used for woodland. Native vegetation is mixed deciduous and coniferous forest. Common trees are cedar, tamarack, spruce, ash, maple, balsam, aspen, birch, hemlock, and elm. Where the forest cover has been removed, vegetation is mostly grasses and sedges with some shrubs, such as alder and willow.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Northwestern Wisconsin. LRR K and MLRA 90A. The series is of small extent.
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: St. Paul, Minnesota.
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Washburn County, Wisconsin, 2003.
REMARKS: Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this soil;
Particle size control section: the zone from 17 to 37 inches.
Ochric epipedon: from 0 to 17 inches (Oa, Eg1, Eg2).
Albic horizon: from 3 to 17 inches (Eg1, Eg2).
Argillic horizon: from 17 to 37 inches (Btg1, Btg2).
Densic contact: the contact with dense till (3Cd) at 56 inches.
Reduce matrix: from 3 to 37 inches (Eg1, Eg2, Btg1, Btg2).
Redoximorphic concentrations: oxidized color features in the zone from 3 to 56 inches.
Lithologic discontinuity: at the upper boundary of the 2C horizon at 37 inches and at the upper boundary of the 3Cd horizon at 56 inches.
Aquic conditions within 20 inches of the surface.
ADDITIONAL DATA: Refer to soil survey sample number S00WI-129-026 for NSSL data on the typical pedon.