Soil Series Atlas

Antigo soil series

Coarse-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, frigid Haplic Glossudalfs

050100150cm1 ft2 ft3 ft4 ftApTopsoil · plowed0–23 cm · 0–9 inELeached layer23–30 cm · 9–12 inB/EMixed subsoil and leached layer30–48 cm · 12–19 inBt1Subsoil · clay build-up48–71 cm · 19–28 in2Bt2Subsoil · clay build-up, different parentmaterial71–79 cm · 28–31 in2Bt3Subsoil · clay build-up, different parentmaterial79–84 cm · 31–33 in3CParent material · different parentmaterial84–152 cm · 33–60 in050100150cmApTopsoil · plowed0–23 cm · 0–9 inELeached layer23–30 cm · 9–12 inB/EMixed subsoil andleached layer30–48 cm · 12–19 inBt1Subsoil · clay build-up48–71 cm · 19–28 in2Bt2Subsoil · claybuild-up, differentparent material71–79 cm · 28–31 in2Bt3Subsoil · claybuild-up, differentparent material79–84 cm · 31–33 in3CParent material ·different parentmaterial84–152 cm · 33–60 in
Typical pedon, to scale: 152 cm (60 in), 7 horizons.

Alfisols — moderately leached soils with a clay-enriched subsoil

Nationally Antigo is a small series: 278,559 acres, 1,232nd of 24,791 by area. It is the only series in the atlas that belongs to the great group Glossudalfs. No other established series shares its family class. It is the state soil of Wisconsin.

Depth
Very deep
Drainage
Well drained

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Where Antigo is mapped

278,559 acres in 26 soil survey areas, from current SSURGO data.

AlabamaArizonaColoradoFloridaGeorgiaIndianaKansasMaineMassachusettsMinnesota: 42,654 acresNew JerseyNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaOklahomaPennsylvaniaSouth DakotaTexasWyomingConnecticutMissouriWest VirginiaIllinoisNew MexicoArkansasCaliforniaDelawareDistrict of ColumbiaIowaKentuckyMarylandMichiganMississippiMontanaNew HampshireNew YorkOhioOregonTennesseeUtahVirginiaWashingtonWisconsin: 235,906 acresNebraskaSouth CarolinaIdahoNevadaVermontLouisianaRhode Island

Share of all Antigo acres

  1. Wisconsin85%
  2. Minnesota15%
  • Rank in the state · share of its mapped soil
  • Wisconsin 30th of 782 · 0.72%
  • Minnesota 263rd of 1,038 · 0.09%

In the field

Drainage

Well drained

Drains fastStays wet

Soil depth

Very deep

ShallowDeep
Parent material
Loess, alluvium, glacial outwash
Landform
Outwash plains, terraces, glaciofluvial landforms, lake plains, moraines
Type location
Wisconsin

How it is classified

  1. OrderAlfisols
  2. SuborderUdalfs
  3. Great groupGlossudalfs
  4. SubgroupHaplic Glossudalfs
  5. FamilyCoarse-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, frigid Haplic Glossudalfscoarse-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal particle-size classmixed mineralogy classsuperactive cation-exchange activity classfrigid soil temperature regime

Against other Alfisols

Antigo makes up 0.10% of all mapped Alfisols — the 207th largest of 4,001 series in the order.

Solum thickness (topsoil + subsoil)

84 cm under a median of 127 cm

Depth to the subsoil

30 cm over a median of 23 cm

Its relatives

Other Alfisols in this atlas

  1. Antigo152 cm · Haplic Glossudalfs
  2. Amarillo251 cm · Aridic Paleustalfs
  3. Blount200 cm · Aeric Epiaqualfs
  4. Guyton203 cm · Typic Glossaqualfs
  5. Fayette185 cm · Typic Hapludalfs
  6. Loring165 cm · Oxyaquic Fragiudalfs

Horizon by horizon

HorizonLayerDepthThickness
ApTopsoil: plowed0–23 cm0–9 in23 cm
ELeached layer23–30 cm9–12 in7 cm
B/EMixed subsoil and leached layer30–48 cm12–19 in18 cm
Bt1Subsoil: clay build-up48–71 cm19–28 in23 cm
2Bt2Subsoil: clay build-up, different parent material71–79 cm28–31 in8 cm
2Bt3Subsoil: clay build-up, different parent material79–84 cm31–33 in5 cm
3CParent material: different parent material84–152 cm33–60 in68 cm

Sources: USDA–NRCS Official Series Description (revised 2025-06), Soil Classification database and SSURGO. Ranks computed by Soil Series Atlas. Method · Guides