IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Marquis
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1960IA017001
  • User Pedon ID: 1960IA017001
  • User Site Association ID: Marquis - SDJR Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1411
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 35019
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Location In Web Soil Survey
  • AOI is roughly a square mile and pedon is marked in the center.
  • Location in SoilWeb
  • Location in Google Maps
  • Std. Latitude: 42.8199997
  • Std. Longitude: -92.4358368
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 93N
  • Range: 13W
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: 553 feet north and 310 feet east of the southwest corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA017—Bremer
  • MLRA: 104—Eastern Iowa and Minnesota Till Prairies
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-WAV—Waverly, Iowa
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IA017—Bremer County, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. F. Slusher and R. L. Buckner
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Oxyaquic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Marquis
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kenyon
  • Classificaton Date - 10/10/1960
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • QA Status: level 3


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: till
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: ridge
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/10/1960 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Setting and Climate
    Slope Slope Length USLE Upslope Length Elev. Corr. Elev Aspect MAP REAP FFD MAAT MSAT MWAT MAST MSST MWST MFFP PE Index Climate Station ID Climate Station Name Climate Station Type
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    A1p—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) loam; subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A10839
    A12—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A10840
    A3—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) rubbed loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3 percent fine very dark gray (10YR 3/1) worm casts throughout and 3 percent fine brown (10YR 4/3) worm casts throughout; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A10841
    B1—36 to 48 centimeters (14.2 to 18.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and brown (10YR 4/3) and brown (10YR 4/3) exterior and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) exterior and brown (10YR 4/3) interior loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 8 percent by volume rounded 75-162-250 millimeter unspecified fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A10842. A discontinuous stone line occurs throughout the horizon; the peds have a few clear uncoated quartz grains (fine-sand size) on the surface.
    B21—48 to 64 centimeters (18.9 to 25.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and brown (10YR 4/3) exterior and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) rubbed loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 medium tubular and 3.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine reddish brown (5YR 5/3) iron-manganese masses throughout; 1 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) worm casts throughout; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A10843. A few clear uncoated quartz grains on ped surfaces.
    B22—64 to 84 centimeters (25.2 to 33.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) rubbed loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese masses throughout and 1 percent fine noncoherent cemented reddish brown (5YR 5/3) iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A10844. Few fine faint brown (10YR 4/3) streaks on ped surfaces.
    B23—84 to 102 centimeters (33.1 to 40.2 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; 3 percent brown (10YR 4/3) fine faint and 3 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint and 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine faint mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent noncoherent cemented iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A10845
    B31—102 to 119 centimeters (40.2 to 46.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) clay loam; 3 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine distinct and 3 percent brown (10YR 4/3) fine distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent faint clay films in root channels and/or pores; 1 percent noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions throughout; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A10846
    B32—119 to 137 centimeters (46.9 to 53.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) clay loam; 3 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine distinct and 3 percent brown (10YR 4/3) fine distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent faint clay films in root channels and/or pores; 1 percent noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions throughout; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A10847
    C1—137 to 157 centimeters (53.9 to 61.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and gray (5Y 6/1) loam; 3 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; massive; firm; 3 percent fine light gray (10YR 7/1) lime masses throughout and 3 percent fine yellow (10YR 7/8) lime masses throughout; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A10848. Some distinct vertical cleavage; i.e., material adjacent to sand pocket leached more deeply.
    C2—157 to 193 centimeters (61.8 to 76.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and gray (5Y 6/1) loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; massive; firm; 1 percent noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions throughout; 1 percent lime masses; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A10849