LOCATION WYEVILLE WIEstablished Series
TAXONOMIC CLASS: Clayey, mixed, active, mesic Aquic Arenic Hapludalfs
TYPICAL PEDON: Wyeville loamy sand - on a 1 percent slope in a cultivated field at an elevation of about 903 feet. (Colors are for moist soil unless otherwise stated.)
Ap--0 to 9 inches; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loamy sand, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) dry; weak coarse subangular blocky structure parting to weak fine granular; very friable; neutral; abrupt smooth boundary. (6 to 9 inches thick)
Bw1--9 to 19 inches; light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; neutral; abrupt smooth boundary.
Bw2--19 to 23 inches; strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) loamy sand; single grain; loose; few fine prominent brown (7.5YR 5/4) masses of iron accumulation; neutral; clear wavy boundary. (Combined thickness of the Bw horizons ranges from 14 to 31 inches.)
2Bt--23 to 27 inches; yellowish red (5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint discontinous clay films on surface of peds and in pores; common fine distinct yellowish red (5YR 5/8) masses of iron accumulation; common medium prominent pinkish gray (5YR 6/2) iron depletions; neutral; clear smooth boundary. (4 to 24 inches thick)
2C--27 to 60 inches; reddish brown (5YR 4/4) silty clay; massive; firm; few manganese concretions; few fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of iron accumulation; few fine prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions; moderately acid.
TYPE LOCATION: Adams County, Wisconsin; about 4 1/2 miles southwest of Adams; 1,350 feet east and 600 feet south of the northwest corner of sec. 28, T. 17 N., R. 5 E. USGS Dellwood Wis. Quad. Latitude 43 degrees 55 minutes 24 seconds N., Longitude 89 degrees 54 minutes 45 seconds W. NAD 27.
RANGE IN CHARACTERISTICS: Thickness of the sandy mantle ranges 20 to 40 inches. Depth to the base of the argillic horizon ranges from 24 to 50 inches. Reaction ranges from moderately acid to neutral in the A horizon and from strongly acid to neutral in the B and C horizons. Rock fragments are absent throughout the soil.
The Ap horizon has hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 2 to 4, and chroma of 1 to 3. Uncultivated pedons have an A horizon with hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 2 or 3, and chroma of 1 or 2. Texture of the Ap or A is loamy sand or sand.
The Bw horizon typically has hue of 7.5YR or 10YR but some pedons have hue of 5YR. Value is 4 to 7 and chroma is 2 to 8. Texture is loamy sand, loamy fine sand, sand, or fine sand.
Some pedons have a 2Bt horizon less than 5 inches thick with hue of 7.5YR or 10YR, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 3 to 8. Texture is sandy loam or fine sandy loam.
The 3Bt horizon (2Bt horizon in pedons without a loamy transition layer) has hue of 5YR or 7.5YR, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 3 to 8. Texture is silty clay loam, silty clay, or clay. Clay content ranges from 35 to 55 percent.
The 3C horizon (2C horizon in pedons without a loamy transition layer) has hue of 5YR or 7.5YR, value of 4 to 6, and chroma of 3 to 8. Texture is typically silty clay loam, silty clay, or clay but in some pedons have thin strata of coarser texture.
COMPETING SERIES: There are no competing series.
GEOGRAPHIC SETTING: Wyeville soils are on glacial lake basins, outwash plains, and stream terraces. Slopes range from 0 to 3 percent. Wyeville soils formed in a sandy outwash or eolian mantle and in the underlying mostly clayey lacustrine deposits. Mean annual precipitation ranges from 28 to 32 inches. Mean annual air temperature ranges from 45 to 47 degrees F.
GEOGRAPHICALLY ASSOCIATED SOILS: These are the Brems, Delton, Morocco, Plainfield, Wautoma soils and the Meehan soils. The moderately well drained Brems and the somewhat poorly drained Morocco and the excessively drained Plainfield soils occupy nearby positions where the sandy deposits are at least 5 feet thick. The Wautoma soils have clayey deposits at a similar depth as Wyeville but are poorly drained or very poorly drained and in lower lying positions. The Meehan soils are sandy throughout and are classified as frigid but associated with Wyeville soils in some places near the 47 degrees F temperature line.
DRAINAGE AND PERMEABILITY: Somewhat poorly drained. The potential for surface runoff is negligible or very low. Permeability is rapid in the sandy mantle and slow or very slow in the clayey lacustrine deposits. These soils have an apparent seasonal high water table at a depth of 1 to 2.5 feet for some time in most years.
USE AND VEGETATION: Most areas of this soil are used for cropland. Common are corn, small grain, and hay. Some areas are used for pastureland or woodland. Native vegetation is mixed coniferous and deciduous forests with red maple, silver maple, green ash, and jack pine predominating.
DISTRIBUTION AND EXTENT: Central Wisconsin bordering on Glacial lake Wisconsin and along streams entering this area. These soils are of moderate extent.
MLRA SOIL SURVEY REGIONAL OFFICE (MO) RESPONSIBLE: St. Paul, Minnesota
SERIES ESTABLISHED: Adams County, Wisconsin, 1978.
REMARKS: Thin section analysis of the 2Bt horizons of the typifying pedon and another pedon show clay skins either in the pores or on the ped surfaces. (Data for these samples, S77WI-001-008 and S77WI-001-009, are not in the NSSL database.)
Diagnostic horizons and features recognized in this pedon are:
ochric epipedon - 23 inches (Ap, Bw1, Bw2);argillic horizon - 23 to 27 inches (2Bt);
Aquic feature - redox depletions with chroma of 2 or less and saturation in one or more horizons within 75 cm of the soil surface;
Arenic feature - sandy particle-size class throughout a layer extending from the mineral soil surface to the top of the argillic horizon at a depth of 50 cm or more.