La_crosse County Soil Descriptions
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110D3 - Timula silt loam, 12 to 20 percent slopes, severely eroded
TIMULA: Parent material: loess.
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110E2 - Timula silt loam, 20 to 30 percent slopes, moderately eroded
TIMULA: Parent material: loess.
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1125F - Dorerton, very stony-Elbaville complex, 30 to 60 percent slopes
DORERTON: 60 percent of the mapunit.
ELBAVILLE: 25 percent of the mapunit.
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1145F - Gaphill-Rockbluff complex, 30 to 60 percent slopes
GAPHILL: 50 percent of the mapunit.
- Parent material: loamy colluvium and/orloamy slope alluvium over sandy colluvium and/or sandy residuum.
- Landscape position: hill.
- Weakly cemented bedrock (paralithic) is at a depth of about 60 inches.
- Well drained.
- Not hydric.
- Land capability class: 7e (severe limitations for cropland use).
- T factor: 4.
- The mapunit has moderate available watercapacity.
- Not prime farmland.
ROCKBLUFF: 35 percent of the mapunit.
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114B2 - Mt. Carroll silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes, moderately eroded
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1155F - Brodale-Bellechester-Rock outcrop complex, 60 to 90 percent slopes
BRODALE: 50 percent of the mapunit.
BELLECHESTER: 35 percent of the mapunit.
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115C2 - Seaton silt loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, moderately eroded
SEATON: Parent material: loess.
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115D2 - Seaton silt loam, 12 to 20 percent slopes, moderately eroded
SEATON: Parent material: loess.
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115E2 - Seaton silt loam, 20 to 30 percent slopes, moderately eroded
SEATON: Parent material: loess.
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116C2 - Churchtown silt loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, moderately eroded
CHURCHTOWN: Parent material: loamy slope alluvium over loess.
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116D2 - Churchtown silt loam, 12 to 20 percent slopes, moderately eroded
CHURCHTOWN: Parent material: loamy slope alluvium over loess.
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116E2 - Churchtown silt loam, 20 to 30 percent slopes, moderately eroded
CHURCHTOWN: Parent material: loamy slope alluvium over loess.
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1233F - Boone-Tarr sands, 15 to 50 percent slopes
BOONE: 55 percent of the mapunit.
TARR: 30 percent of the mapunit.
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126B - Barremills silt loam, 1 to 6 percent slopes
BARREMILLS: Parent material: silty slope alluvium over loess.
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132B2 - Brinkman silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes, moderately eroded
BRINKMAN: Parent material: loess over clayey pedisediment.
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132C2 - Brinkman silt loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, moderately eroded
BRINKMAN: Parent material: loess over clayey pedisediment.
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133B2 - Valton silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes, moderately eroded
VALTON : Parent material: loess over clayey pedisediment.
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133C2 - Valton silt loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, moderately eroded
VALTON : Parent material: loess over clayey pedisediment.
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133D2 - Valton silt loam, 12 to 20 percent slopes, moderately eroded
VALTON : Parent material: loess over clayey pedisediment.
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134C2 - Lamoille silt loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, moderately eroded
LAMOILLE: Parent material: loess over clayey pedisediment.
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134D2 - Lamoille silt loam, 12 to 20 percent slopes, moderately eroded
LAMOILLE: Parent material: loess over clayey pedisediment.
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163E2 - Elbaville silt loam, 20 to 30 percent slopes, moderately eroded
ELBAVILLE: Parent material: loess over loamy and clayey colluvium over loamy and sandy residuum.
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1658A - Algansee-Kalmarville complex, 0 to 3 percent slopes, frequently flooded
ALGANSEE: 55 percent of the mapunit.
KALMARVILLE (undrained): 30 percent of the mapunit.
- Parent material: silty and loamy alluvium over sandy alluvium.
- Landscape position: depression on flood plain, drainageway on flood plain.
- Poorly drained.
- Hydric soil.
- Land capability class: 7w (severe limitations for cropland use).
- Frequent long duration flooding.
- Frequent long duration ponding.
- T factor: 4.
- The mapunit has moderate available water capacity.
- Not prime farmland.
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1743F - Council-Elevasil-Norden complex, 30 to 60 percent slopes
COUNCIL: 35 percent of the map unit.
ELEVASIL: 30 percent of the map unit.
NORDEN: 30 percent of the map unit.
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2002 - Udorthents, earthen dams
UDORTHENTS, EARTHEN DAMS: Earthen dams generally consist of silty, loamy, and clayey soils.
- Service roads, spillways, very steep side slopes, dikes, levees, and small concrete or steel dam structures may be included.
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2003A - Riverwash
RIVERWASH: Unstable sediments that are reworked frequently by rivers.
- Sediments are typically sandy and gravelly but include silty and clayey.
- These areas along the major rivers are frequently flooded.
- Hydric soil area.
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2013 - Pits, gravel
PITS, GRAVEL: Open excavations from which sand and/or rock fragments (mostly gravel and cobble) have been removed.
- Bedrock or other material is sometimes exposed.
- Stock piles, service roads, and vertical sideslopes may be included.
- Many pits have been excavated down to, or below groundwater level, and may have intermittent or deep water ponds.
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2014 - Pits, quarry, hard bedrock
PITS, QUARRY, HARD BEDROCK: Open excavations from which dolostone, quartzite, granite or other indurated bedrock has been removed.
- Drilling, blasting, and crushing of material is generally required to remove and use the bedrock.
- Stock piles, service roads, and vertical slopes may be included.
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2020 - Urban land, valley trains
URBAN LAND, VALLEY TRAINS: Areas where more than 50 percent of the original soil profile has been covered by buildings, streets, and houses.
- Also, much of the original soil profile has benn disturbed during this development.
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202C2 - Lambeau silt loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, moderately eroded
LAMBEAU: Parent material: loess over sandy residuum.
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202D2 - Lambeau silt loam, 12 to 20 percent slopes, moderately eroded
LAMBEAU: Parent material: loess over sandy residuum.
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2030 - Udorthents and Udipsamments, cut or fill
UDORTHENTS, CUT OR FILL: Areas where the original silty, loamy, or clayey soil profile has been altered by the addition or removal of more than about a foot of soil material.
- Roads, landscaped areas, and steep slopes may be included.
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2040 - Udipsamments, dredge material
UDIPSAMMENTS, DREDGE MATERIAL: An area which consists of piles of soil material that have been dredged from the river channels and deposited in areas of adjacent soils.
- Because of the variability of this mapunit, interpretation for specific uses is not available.
- Onsite investigation is needed.
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2050 - Landfill
LANDFILL: An area of accumulated waste products of human habitation which can be above or below natural ground level.
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20A - Palms and Houghton mucks, 0 to 1 percent slopes
PALMS (undrained): 0 to 90 percent of the mapunit.
HOUGHTON (undrained): 0 to 90 percent of the mapunit.
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213D2 - Hixton silt loam, 12 to 20 percent slopes, moderately eroded
HIXTON: Parent material: loess over sandy residuum.
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213E2 - Hixton silt loam, 20 to 30 percent slopes, moderately eroded
HIXTON: Parent material: loess over sandy residuum.
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21A - Palms muck, 0 to 1 percent slopes, frequently flooded
PALMS (floodplain, undrained): Parent material: organic material over loamy alluvium.
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224B - Elevasil sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes
ELEVASIL: Parent material: loamy slope alluvium over sandy residuum.
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224C2 - Elevasil sandy loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, moderately eroded
ELEVASIL: Parent material: loamy slope alluvium over sandy residuum.
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224D2 - Elevasil sandy loam, 12 to 20 percent slopes, moderately eroded
ELEVASIL: Parent material: loamy slope alluvium over sandy residuum.
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233C - Boone sand, 6 to 15 percent slopes
BOONE: Parent material: sandy slope alluvium over sandy residuum.
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253C2 - Greenridge silt loam, 4 to 12 percent slopes, moderately eroded
GREENRIDGE: Parent material: loess over loamy residuum.
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253D2 - Greenridge silt loam, 12 to 20 percent slopes, moderately eroded
GREENRIDGE: Parent material: loess over loamy residuum.
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254C2 - Norden silt loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, moderately eroded
NORDEN: Parent material: loess over loamy residuum.
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254D2 - Norden silt loam, 12 to 20 percent slopes, moderately eroded
NORDEN: Parent material: loess over loamy residuum.
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254E2 - Norden silt loam, 20 to 30 percent slopes, moderately eroded
NORDEN: Parent material: loess over loamy residuum.
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296B - Ludington sand, 1 to 6 percent slopes
LUDINGTON: Parent material: sandy alluvium over loamy residuum.
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30A - Adder muck, 0 to 1 percent slopes, frequently flooded
ADDER (floodplain, undrained): Parent material: organic material over sandy alluvium.
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312B2 - Festina silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes, moderately eroded
FESTINA: Parent material: silty alluvium.
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318A - Bearpen silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes, rarely flooded
BEARPEN: Parent material: silty alluvium over silty to sandy slackwater deposits.
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326B2 - Medary silt loam, 1 to 6 percent slopes, moderately eroded
MEDARY: Parent material: loess and silty alluvium over stratified silty to clayey slackwater deposits.
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326F - Medary silt loam, 15 to 45 percent slopes
MEDARY: Parent material: loess and silty alluvium over stratified silty to clayey slackwater deposits.
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336A - Toddville silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes
TODDVILLE: Parent material: silty alluvium over sandy and loamy alluvium.
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403A - Dakota silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes
DAKOTA: Parent material: silty alluvium over sandy and gravelly outwash.
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413A - Rasset sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes
RASSET: Parent material: loamy alluvium over sandy and gravelly outwash.
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424B - Merit silt loam, 1 to 6 percent slopes
MERIT: Parent material: silty alluvium over sandy and loamy alluvium.
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424D2 - Merit silt loam, 12 to 20 percent slopes, moderately eroded
MERIT: Parent material: silty alluvium over sandy and loamy alluvium.
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424F - Merit silt loam, 20 to 45 percent slopes
MERIT: Parent material: silty alluvium over sandy and loamy alluvium.
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433B - Forkhorn sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes
FORKHORN: Parent material: loamy alluvium over sandy and gravelly outwash.
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434B - Bilson sandy loam, 1 to 6 percent slopes
BILSON: Parent material: loamy alluvium over sandy and loamy alluvium.
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434C2 - Bilson sandy loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, moderately eroded
BILSON: Parent material: loamy alluvium over sandy and loamy alluvium.
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446A - Merimod silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes
MERIMOD: Parent material: silty alluvium over sandy and loamy alluvium.
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456A - Bilmod sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes
BILMOD: Parent material: loamy alluvium over sandy and loamy alluvium.
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458A - Hoop sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes
HOOP: Parent material: loamy alluvium over sandy alluvium.
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483B2 - Brice loamy fine sand, 2 to 6 percent slopes, moderately eroded
BRICE: Parent material: eolian deposits.
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501A - Finchford loamy sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes
FINCHFORD: Parent material: sandy and gravelly outwash.
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502B2 - Chelsea fine sand, 2 to 6 percent slopes, moderately eroded
CHELSEA: Parent material: eolian sands.
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502C2 - Chelsea fine sand, 6 to 15 percent slopes, moderately eroded
CHELSEA: Parent material: eolian sands.
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511B - Plainfield sand, 2 to 6 percent slopes
PLAINFIELD: Parent material: sandy and gravelly outwash.
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511C - Plainfield sand, 6 to 15 percent slopes
PLAINFIELD: Parent material: sandy and gravelly outwash.
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511F - Plainfield sand, 15 to 60 percent slopes
PLAINFIELD: Parent material: sandy and gravelly outwash.
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551A - Impact sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes
IMPACT: Parent material: sandy alluvium.
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556A - Mindoro sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes
MINDORO: Parent material: sandy alluvium.
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561B - Tarr sand, 1 to 6 percent slopes
TARR: Parent material: sandy pedisediment over sandy residuum.
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561C - Tarr sand, 6 to 15 percent slopes
TARR: Parent material: sandy slope alluvium over sandy residuum.
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561F - Tarr sand, 15 to 60 percent slopes
TARR: Parent material: sandy slope alluvium over sandy residuum.
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562B - Gosil loamy sand, 1 to 6 percent slopes
GOSIL: Parent material: sandy pedisediment over sandy residuum.
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562C - Gosil loamy sand, 6 to 12 percent slopes
GOSIL: Parent material: sandy pedisediment over sandy residuum.
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566A - Tint sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes
TINT: Parent material: sandy pedisediment.
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568A - Majik loamy fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes
MAJIK: Parent material: sandy alluvium.
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569A - Newlang muck, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded
NEWLANG: Parent material: sandy alluvium.
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576B - Tintson sand, 1 to 6 percent slopes
TINTSON: Parent material: sandy alluvium over loamy alluvium.
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601C - Beavercreek cobbly fine sandy loam, 3 to 12 percent slopes, occasionally flooded
BEAVERCREEK: Parent material: cobbly loamy alluvium and colluvium.
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606A - Huntsville silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes, rarely flooded
HUNTSVILLE: Parent material: silty and loamy alluvium.
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608A - Lawson silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes, occasionally flooded
LAWSON: Parent material: silty and loamy alluvium.
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609A - Otter silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, frequently flooded
OTTER (undrained): Parent material: silty and loamy alluvium.
- Landscape position: depression on flood plain.
- Poorly drained.
- Hydric soil.
- Land capability class: 6w (severe limitations for cropland use).
- Frequent long duration flooding.
- Frequent long duration ponding.
- T factor: 5.
- Very high available wate rcapacity.
- Prime farmland if drained and either protected from flooding or not frequently flooded during the growing season.
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625A - Arenzville silt loam, channeled, 0 to 2 percent slopes, occasionally flooded
ARENZVILLE: Parent material: silty alluvium.
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626A - Arenzville silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes, occasionally flooded
ARENZVILLE: Parent material: silty alluvium.
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628A - Orion silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes, occasionally flooded
ORION: Parent material: silty alluvium.
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629A - Ettrick silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, frequently flooded
ETTRICK (undrained): Parent material: silty alluvium.
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656A - Scotah loamy fine sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes, occasionally flooded
SCOTAH: Parent material: sandy alluvium.
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666A - Absco loamy sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes, occasionally flooded
ABSCO: Parent material: sandy and loamy alluvium.
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676A - Kickapoo fine sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes, occasionally flooded
KICKAPOO: Parent material: loamy alluvium.
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739A - Root loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes, frequently flooded
ROOT: Parent material: loamy alluvium.
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743C2 - Council fine sandy loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes, moderately eroded
COUNCIL: Parent material: loamy slope alluvium.
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743D2 - Council fine sandy loam, 12 to 20 percent slopes, moderately eroded
COUNCIL: Parent material: loamy slope alluvium.
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743E2 - Council fine sandy loam, 20 to 30 percent slopes, moderately eroded
COUNCIL: Parent material: loamy slope alluvium.
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M-W - Miscellaneous water
MISCELLANEOUS WATER: Manmade areas that are used for industrial, sanitary, or mining applications and that contain water most of the year.
- Includes narrow dikes that surround the water areas.
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W - Water
WATER: Includes rivers, streams, lakes, reservoirs, and ponds.
- These areas are covered with water in most years, at least during the period that is warm enough for plants to grow.
- Many are covered throughout the year.
- Small islands, areas of flood plain, or riverwash may be included.