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| Results
The
Hartnett Site is located in the Northwest ¼ of Southeast ¼ of Section
8 of T26N, R12W, Dunn County. The study area occupies a 40-acre parcel
that is divided into three distinct parts due to the considerable
topographic complexity. These
three parts include an upland supported by bedrock overlain by glaciofluvial sands and gravels of the Wissota Terrace, steep
slopes, and an area of bedrock-supported lowlands.
The major differences among these subdivisions of the study area
are slope steepness, slope aspect, and drainage.
Flowing through the Hartnett Site is a stream valley that is
incised through the Wissota Terrace into bedrock.
There is also a terrace along the valley margins within which the
modern floodplain of the stream is inset.
This floodplain and the inset terrace are sandy and gravelly and
appear to be composed of material reworked from the Wissota Terrace
during post-glacial time. In
addition, the modern floodplain that overlies bedrock in place
(Mt. Simon Sandstone). Soil
pit 5 is located within the upland portion.
The soil here is mapped as the Hubbard Loamy Sand Series (map
unit HuA 0-2% slope) according to the Soil Survey of Dunn County,
Wisconsin and as the Finchford Loamy Sand Series in the new soil data
(Meyer, personal communication). The
soil profile of pit 5 is most consistent with the Hubbard Loamy Sand
Series (HuA). Soil
pit 1, 6, and 7 are located on the slope.
The soil in pit 1 is mapped as the Hubbard Loamy Sand Series (map
unit HuB 2-6% slope) according to the Soil Survey of Dunn County,
Wisconsin and as the Finchford Series in the new soil map data (Meyer,
personal communication 2001). The
soil profile of pit 1 is most consistent with the Hubbard Loamy Sand
Series (HuB). Soil
pit 6 and 7 are mapped as Hubbard Loamy Sand Series (HuC2 6-12% slope)
according to the Soil Survey of Dunn County, Wisconsin and as the
Finchford Series in the new soil map data (Meyer Personal Communication
2001). The soil profiles of
pit 6 and 7 are most consistent with the Hubbard Loamy Sand Series
(HuC2). Soil
pit 2, 3, 4, and 8 are located within the lowland portion.
The soil in pit 2 is mapped as the Plainbo Series according to
the old data in the Soil Survey of Dunn County, Wisconsin and as the
Scotah Series using the new data from the NRCS (Meyer, personal
communication 2001). The
soil profile of pit 2 best fits the description of Plainbo Series.
Soil
pit 3 is mapped as the Hubbard Loamy Sand Series (map unit HuB 2-6%
slope) in the Soil Survey of Dunn County, Wisconsin and as the Finchford
Series in the new soil map data (Meyer, personal communication 2001).
The soil profile observed in pit 3 is most consistent with the
Finchford Series. Soil
pit 4 is mapped as Alluvial Land, Sandy Series (no typical soil profile
description provided) in the Soil Survey of Dunn County, Wisconsin and
as the Scotah Series in new soil map data (Meyer, personal communication
2001). After a thorough
interpretation, the soil profile in pit 4 is actually more consistent
with the Morocco Series Soil
pit 8 is mapped as the Hubbard Loamy Sand Series (map unit HuB 2-6%
slope) Series according to the Soil Survey of Dunn County, Wisconsin and
as the Finchford Series in the new soil map data (Meyer, personal
communication 2001). The soil profile observed in pit 8 is most consistent with
the Hubbard Loamy Sand Series (HuB). Detailed descriptions and photographs of each soil profile examined in this study are available via the links provided below. {Profile
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