Marathon County Soil Descriptions
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AbB - Alban loam, 1 to 6 percent slopes
Back to topAd - Altdorf mucky silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes
Back to topAmC - Amery silt loam, 5 to 15 percent slopes
Back to topCbA - Cable silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes, stony
Back to topCh - Cathro muck, 0 to 1 percent slopes
Back to topCkA - Chetek sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes
Back to topCkB - Chetek sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes
Back to topCkC - Chetek sandy loam, 6 to 15 percent slopes
Back to topCkE - Chetek sandy loam, 15 to 30 percent slopes
Back to topDa - Dancy sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes
Back to topDoA - Dolph silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes
Back to topDuB - Dunnville fine sandy loam, 1 to 4 percent slopes
Back to topFeC - Fenwood silt loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes
Back to topFeD - Fenwood silt loam, 12 to 20 percent slopes
Back to topFfC - Fenwood silt loam 2 to 15 percent slopes, stony
Back to topFfE - Fenwood silt loam, 15 to 30 percent slopes, stony
Back to topFgB - Fenwood-Rozellville silt loams, 2 to 6 percent slopes
Back to topFh - Fordum silt loam, 0 to 1 percent slopes
Back to topFnB - Freeon silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes
Back to topFnC - Freeon silt loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes
Back to topGcB - Graycalm loamy sand, 2 to 6 percent slopes
Back to topGm - Graycalm loamy sand, moderately well drained, 0 to 2 percent slopes
Back to topGr - Greenwood peat, 0 to 1 percent slopes
Back to topGuB - Guenther loamy sand, 2 to 6 percent slopes
Back to topHtB - Hatley silt loam, 1 to 6 percent slopes
Back to topHyB - Hatley cobbly silt loam, 1 to 6 percent slopes, bouldery
Back to topKaB - Kennan sandy loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes
Back to topKaC - Kennan sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes
Back to topKaD2 - Kennan sandy loam, 15 to 30 percent slopes, eroded
Back to topKeB - Kennan sandy loam, 2 to 8 percent slopes, bouldery
Back to topKeC - Kennan sandy loam, 8 to 15 percent slopes, bouldery
Back to topKeE - Kennan sandy loam, 15 to 30 percent slopes, bouldery
Back to topLoB - Loyal silt loam, 1 to 6 percent slopes
Back to topLoC - Loyal silt loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes
Back to topMaB - Magnor silt loam, 0 to 4 percent slopes
Back to topMbB - Mahtomedi loamy sand, 0 to 6 percent slopes
Back to topMbC - Mahtomedi loamy sand, 6 to 15 percent slopes
Back to topMbE - Mahtomedi loamy sand, 15 to 45 percent slopes
Back to topMcA - Mahtomedi loamy sand, moderately well drained, 0 to 3 percent slopes
Back to topMdB - Marathon silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes
Back to topMdC - Marathon silt loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes
Back to topMeC - Marathon silt loam, 2 to 15 percent slopes, stony
Back to topMfA - Marshfield silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes
Back to topMgA - Meadland loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes
Back to topMhA - Meadland loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes, stony
Back to topMm - Meehan loamy sand, 0 to 2 percent slopes
Back to topMn - Minocqua sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes
Back to topMoB - Moberg gravelly silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes
Back to topMoC - Moberg gravelly silt loam, 6 to 15 percent slopes
Back to topMsB - Mosinee sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes
Back to topMsC - Mosinee sandy loam, 6 to 12 percent slopes
Back to topMsD - Mosinee sandy loam, 12 to 20 percent slopes
Back to topMtC - Mosinee sandy loam, 2 to 15 percent slopes, stony
Back to topMyB - Mylrea silt loam, 1 to 6 percent slopes
Back to topMzB - Mylrea silt loam, 1 to 6 percent slopes, stony
Back to topNe - Newson mucky loamy sand, 0 to 1 percent slopes
Back to topOe - Oesterle loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes
Back to topPg - Pits, gravel
Back to topPh - Pits, quarries
Back to topPo - Plover sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes
Back to topRbC - Ribhill cobbly silt loam, 6 to 15 percent slopes, stony
Back to topRbE - Ribhill cobbly silt loam, 15 to 30 percent slopes, stony
Back to topRcB - Rietbrock silt loam, 1 to 8 percent slopes
Back to topReB - Rietbrock silt loam, 1 to 8 percent slopes, stony
- Somewhat poorly drained loamy soil.
- Hard bedrock is at a depth of 40 to 60 inches.
- Low available watercapacity.
- This soil is not hydric, but the map unit commonly contains hydric inclusions.
- The maximum allowable erosion rate is 3 tons/acre/year.
- Not highly erodible.
- Farmland of state wide importance.
- The land capability subclass is 3S.
- The subclass is 2E where the surface stones limitation is removed.
Back to topRhA - Rockers loamy sand, 0 to 3 percent slopes
Back to topRoA - Rosholt sandy loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes
Back to topRoB - Rosholt sandy loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes
Back to topRsA - Rosholt silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes
Back to topRsB - Rosholt silt loam, 2 to 6 percent slopes
Back to topScA - Scott Lake sandy loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes
Back to topSdA - Scott Lake silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes
Back to topSe - Seelyeville muck, 0 to 1 percent slopes
Back to topShA - Sherry silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes
Back to topSt - Sturgeon silt loam, 0 to 2 percent slopes
Back to topUoB - Udorthents, loamy, gently sloping
Back to topWtA - Withee silt loam, 0 to 3 percent slopes