Issued February 1971 . SOIL SURVEY . .W alworthCounty I Wisconsin UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE Soil Conservation Service In cooperation with -- .. UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey Soils Department, and Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station Major fieldwork for this soil survey was done in the period 1959-64. Soil names and descriptions were approved in 1966. Unless otherwise indicated, statements in this publication refer- to conditions in the county in 1966. This survey was made cooperatively by the Soil Conservation Service and the Wisconsin Geological and Natural History Survey, Soils Department, and the Wisconsin Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Wisconsin. It is part of the technical assistance furnished to the Walworth County Soil and Water Conservation District. The fieldwork that is the basis for this soil survey was partly financed. by the Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission; by a joint planning grant from the State Highway Commission of Wisconsin; by the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Public Roads; and by the Department of Housing and Urban Development under the provisions of the Federal Aid to Highways legislation and section 701 of the Housing Act of 1954, as amended. Either enlarged or reduced copies of the soil map in this publication can be made by commercial photographers, or they can be purchased on individual order from the Cartographic Division, Soil Conservation Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. 20250. HOW TO USE THIS SOIL SURVEY HIS SOIL SURVEY contains informa- an oved.ay over the soil map an? ?olo!,ed to Ttion that can be applied in managing farms sh?w ?(:nls that have ,bhe sal!le hm~tatIOn or . .. smtabIlIty. For example, salls that have a and woo~laJ:ds, 11l select~ng sItes ror lOac.s,1 slight limitation for a given use can be colored pond.s, bUlldmg~, a~l~ other structures; and m green, those with a moderake linLitatÍon can be Jud~mg the .su-utahlhty or tracts. of land for colored yellow, and those . with a severe limita- agnculture, mdustry, and recreatIOn. tion can be colored red. Farmers and those who work 'with farmers Locating Soils can learn aJbout use and management or the . soils from the soil descriptions and from the All the s~nls or -Walworth COUll~y.are sh~wn discussions or the capability units. on the detaIled map at the back of tIns pubhca- Foresters and others can refer to the section tÍon. Thi,s map consists or many sheets made "Use òr the Soils for vVoodland" where the from aerial photogral~hs. Each sheet is num- soils or .the county are grouped ~ccording to bered to correspond wIth a number on the In- theirsuitabilit.y for trees. dex to Map Sheets. Game managers, sports771Æn,and others Can On each sheet or the detailed map, soIl areas find information about soils and ,vildlire in the are outlined and a.re ident.ified by sJlnbols. All section "Use of the Soils for vVildlife." areas marked with the same symbol are the Community planners and others can read same !rind or soil. The soil symbol is Ü:side. tl:e about soil properties that affect the choice or area 1Ï there is enough room; othenv1se, It IS ' sites for nonindustrial buildings and for rec- outside and a pointer shows where the symbol reationareas in the section "Nonrarm Uses or . belongs. the Soils." . Engineers and builders can find, under "Use Finding and Using Information of. the Soils in E?gineering,'~ tables t~at con- . tam test da;ta, estlluates of soIl propertIes, and The "Guide to Mapping Units" can be used engineering interpretations for farm and non- to find information. This guide lists all the farm uses. soils of the county in alphabetic order by ma.p Scientists and others can read about how ,the symbol and gives the page where each IS soils formed and how they are classified in the described. It alsoshow.s the capability. Ul:it, section "Formation, Classificatioil, and Mor- woodland group, recreatIOn group, and wIldlIfe phology of the Soils." group in which each soil has been placed. N eWCO1ners in "TVavworth County will be Individual colored maps showing the rela- especially interested in the section "General tive suitability or degree or limitation of soils Soil Map," where broad patterns of soils are for many specific purposes can be developed described. They may be also interested in the by using the soil map and the inrorma'tÌon in information about the county given at the the text. Translucent material can be used as beginning and end of the publication. , Cover: Contour stripcroppingof Miami and McHenry soils. The crops are corn, small grain, and alfalfa. The area in the foreground has been maintained in livestock pasture. u.s. Government Printing Office1971 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Washington, D.C. 20402 . Contents Page Page How this survey was made- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- 1 nescriptions of the soils-continued General soil mapu 2 PIano series--- - -- -- -- -- - -- - -- -- - - - -- - - -- -- - -- -- -- -- - --- -- -- - - -- --- - -- 41 1. Houghton-Palms association-- 2 Radford series-- -- -- -- -- -- - -- - - -- -- - - - - -- - - -,- -- -- -- -- - -- -- - -- 42 2. Pella- Kendall-Elburn association- 3 Rodman series-- ~ -- - -- -- - - -- -- - - -- - - - -- - -- - -- -- - -- - - - - -- -- - -- - - - - -- - - 43 3. Miami-McHenry association- 3 Rollin series-- - - - - - - - -- - -- -- -- - -- -- - - - - - - - -- -- - -- - -- - - -- -- -- -- -- - -- 44 4, PIano-Griswold association- 3 St. ICharles series u 44 5. Flagg-Pecatonica association -- - -- -- -- -- -- -- -- - 3 Sandy lake beaches__u- - -- -- -- - - -- - -- -- -- - -- - -- -- - -- 45 6, Casco- Fox association-- 4 Saylesville series ~ - - - -- -- - -- -- -- - -- - -- - - -- - - - - - -- - - --- - - --- - - ----- - --- - - - - - - - 46 7. PIano, gravelly substratum-Warsaw asso- Sebewaseries--_u u 47 ciatiOlL u u u 6 Troxel series - 47 -- -- - -- - - -- - - -- -- - - - -- -- - -- - - - - - -- -- - - - -- - - - - - - -- -- - -- - -- -- . 8,. N avan-Pella-Aztalan association-- u u ' 7 Wallkill series-- - - -- - u u u 48 9. Casco-Rodman association 7 Warsaw series -- - -- ~ - - -- - - - - -- - - -- -- -- - -- -- 48 Descriptions of the soils-- 7 Westville series-- -- - - - - - - -- - -- - - -- -- -- -- "-- -- - -- -- -- -- - -- - - - - - - -- -- - -- - - - 49 Adrian series-- u , 8 Wet alluvialland-- -- - -- - -- - -- -- -- --- - -- -- - -- -- -. -- - - -- -- - - -- - --------- - ----- - -- --- --- -- 50 Alluvial land- 11 Use and management of the soils-- - -- - - - -- - - - - -- -- - - - - -- --- - - - - --- - ------- - - -- -- - --- 51 Aztalan series-- u u ~ 11 J\IIanagement fòr crops and pasture_-- u 51 -- -- - - - -- -- - - - -- -- - - -- - - - - - - - -- - ---- ----- Boyer series- u u u u u 12 Capability grouping --u - - - - - - - - - --- - - - - - - - - --u -- - u- 52 Casco series--u uu_--u u_u .13 Management by capability units uu_--~----- -- - --- -- --- 52 Chelsea,seriesn-- u 15 Predicted yields u - 58, -- - - - - - -- -- - -- -- -- - -- -- - - - - - - --- ---u -- - --- -- -- u- Colwood series_--u___u u__u 16 Use of the soils for woodland -- --- - 58 Conover series 17 Estimated yields of wood products 60 Dodge series u 17 Woodland groups 61 Drummer series-- 18 Use of the soils for wildlife-- - - - -- - -- -- - - -- - -- - - - - -- -- - -- - - ---- - -- -- - u - - -- -- 65 Elburn series u 19 Use of the soils for recreation u '--- 67 Flagg series- 20 Nonfarm uses of the soils-- - - -- -- - - - - -- -- - - -- -- - - -- -- -- - -- - - -- 70 Flagg series, mottled subsoil variant 21 Use of the soils in engineering-- -- - - -- - - -- - -- -- -- -- -- - 76 Fox series_- u 22 Engineering classification systems -- -- - - - -- - -- - - - -- -- - - -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- - 77 Griswold series - 24 Engineering test data- - - -- ------ - - -- - -- -- - -- - - - - - --- -- -- - -- - -- -- -- - -- - -- -- -. 77 Griswold series, mottled subsoil variant-- ~ 25 Engineering properties of the soilsn ---- - - - -- ---- - -- - 77 Hebron series_u 25 Engineering interpretations for farm uses 98 - 26 Engineeringinterpretations for nonfarm uses-- 98 Hennepin series - -- - - - -- -- - -- -- - -- - - -- - - - - - Houghton series-- 27 Formation, classification, and morphology of the -- -- - - -- -- - - - - - -- - -- -- -- - - -- -- 27 Juneau series -- - - - - -- - -- - - - - - - -- -- -- -- - - - - - -- - -- - - soils-- - -- -- -- -- -- - - -- -- - - - - -- - -- -- - - - -- -- - -- -- - -- - 98 Kendall series-- 28 Factors of soil formation- - - - - -- -- -- -- - - -- -- - -- -- - -- - -- - -- - - - - --- -- -- - - - --- - - - ---- -- 98 Knowles series-- 28 Climate-- 99 --- ----- --- - - --- --- --- --- - - - - ----- --- - - -- --- - - - --- - - - --- ~-- -- - -- - - - - - -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- - - -- Knowles series, mottled subsoil variant-- 29 -- --- - - - -- Plant and animal life- - - - - - - - -. - - - ------- - --- - - 99 30 Lorenzo series- ~ u Parent materiaL_-- -- - -- -- - - -- -- -- - - -- -- -- -- -- -- - - -- - - -- -- - -- - - -- -- -- -- -- - 99 M:arsh_-- u 31 -- -- -- --. -- -- -- - -- -- - - -- - - -- -- - -- -- -- - -- -- Relief and drainaO'e0 ~---------------------------- 100 "-II"lVl.artmton se1'1es 31 Time . 100 Mathei '0ton ' u 32 . --~ ~--------------------------.._---- s~,1'1es-- -- - - -- - - - - -- -- -- -- - - -- - -- - - - ClassIficatIOn of the s?ils-- 100 32 -- -- - -- - - - -- -- -- -- -- - - J\:cHemJT,.selles c ~ 34 Morphology of the s011s 102 ~;~teD: ser~es u General