IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fairhaven
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1995IA041002
  • User Pedon ID: 1995IA041002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • LOCATION

  • Map Unit: 709—Fairhaven silt loam, 32 to 40 inches to sand and gravel, 0 to 2 percent slopes
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA041—Clay
  • MLRA: 107—Iowa and Missouri Deep Loess Hills
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-ATL—Atlantic, Iowa
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IA041—Clay County, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Robin J. Wisner
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Fairhaven
  • Classificaton Date - 7/12/2018
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/5/1995 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary.
    A—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1) and very dark brown (10YR 2/2), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; silt loam; weak fine granular, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary.
    Bw1—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) and brown (10YR 4/3), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary.
    Bw2—43 to 71 centimeters (16.9 to 28.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and brown (10YR 4/3) loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary.
    Bw3—71 to 91 centimeters (28.0 to 35.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary.
    BC—91 to 99 centimeters (35.8 to 39.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual smooth boundary.
    2C1—99 to 122 centimeters (39.0 to 48.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) coarse sand; structureless single grain; loose; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary.
    2C2—122 to 140 centimeters (48.0 to 55.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sand; structureless single grain; loose; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual wavy boundary.
    2C3—140 to 203 centimeters (55.1 to 79.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) coarse sand; structureless single grain; loose; fragments; very slight effervescence.