IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): RINDA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1995IA111001
  • User Pedon ID: 1995IA111001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 95P0831
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 67838
  • 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: 40.6869431
  • Std. Longitude: -91.7152786
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 68N
  • Range: 7W
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: 650 feet east and 1600 feet north of the southwest corner
  • Location Description: about 1 mile north and 4 miles west Primrose, Iowa.
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA111—Lee
  • MLRA: 109—Iowa and Missouri Heavy Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IA111—Lee County, Iowa
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 40091-F6—Farmington, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: LEB, SE, JAL
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Vertic Epiaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - RINDA
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, mesic Vertic Epiaqualfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 33 to 83 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/15/1995
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: pedisediment from till over paleosol weathered from till
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: cove
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: head slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Position: lower third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/15/1995 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 31
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—33

    33—213

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    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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    6

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    216

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    200

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; silt loam; 25 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine prominent spherical mottles; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 1.0 fine and medium roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P05289
    E—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; 25 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) fine prominent mottles; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 1.0 very fine and fine roots; 3 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P05290. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1400673; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1400673
    BE—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam; 15 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) fine distinct and 15 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; strong fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 1.0 fine roots; 30 percent distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry, silt coats on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P05291
    2Btg1—43 to 58 centimeters (16.9 to 22.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay; 25 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) fine prominent mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P05292
    2Btg2—58 to 76 centimeters (22.8 to 29.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay; 4 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds; subangular 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P05293
    2Btg3—76 to 97 centimeters (29.9 to 38.2 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct and 25 percent gray (10YR 5/1) fine prominent mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 30 percent prominent dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P05294
    2Btg4—97 to 122 centimeters (38.2 to 48.0 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium prominent and 33 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 5 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P05295
    2Btg5—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); 50 percent dark gray (5Y 4/1) and 50 percent gray (5Y 5/1) silty clay; 3 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 5 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P05296
    2Btg6—152 to 178 centimeters (59.8 to 70.1 inches); 50 percent dark gray (5Y 4/1) and 50 percent gray (5Y 5/1) silty clay; 2 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 4 percent distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P05297
    2Btg7—178 to 213 centimeters (70.1 to 83.9 inches); 50 percent dark gray (5Y 4/1) and 50 percent gray (5Y 5/1) silty clay; 25 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) medium and coarse prominent mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 2 percent faint dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P05298
    2BCg—213 to 229 centimeters (83.9 to 90.2 inches); 50 percent dark gray (5Y 4/1) and 50 percent gray (5Y 5/1) clay; 25 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) medium and coarse prominent mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 95P05299