IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Weller
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1999IA117122
  • User Pedon ID: 1999IA117122
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1512
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 35120
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 41.0525000
  • Std. Longitude: -93.1830500
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: 132C2—Weller silty clay loam, 5 to 9 percent slopes, moderately eroded
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA117—Lucas
  • MLRA: 109—Iowa and Missouri Heavy Till Plain
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-GAL—Gallatin, Missouri
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IA117—Lucas County, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J.D. Highland, J.R. Culver, and T.E. Fenton
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Aquertic Chromic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Weller
  • PSC - 18 to 68 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/29/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Weller
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, smectitic, mesic Aquertic Chromic Hapludalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 18 to 68 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/6/1969
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/8/2016 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • 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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    3

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and 35 percent brown (10YR 5/3), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11842
    Bt1—18 to 46 centimeters (7.1 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) rubbed silty clay loam; moderate and strong subangular blocky, and moderate and strong angular blocky structure; friable; light gray (10YR 7/1), dry, silt coats on horizontal faces of peds and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) coats on faces of peds; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11845. continuous - phpvsfiid 1500497; continuous - phpvsfiid 1500497
    Bt2—46 to 64 centimeters (18.1 to 25.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) rubbed silty clay; 1 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky, and moderate very fine and fine angular blocky structure; very firm; grayish brown (10YR 5/2) coats on faces of peds and distinct clay films; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11846. continuous - phpvsfiid 1500500; continuous - phpvsfiid 1500500
    Bt3—64 to 86 centimeters (25.2 to 33.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) rubbed silty clay; 1 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine faint and 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; grayish brown (10YR 5/2) coats on faces of peds and clay films; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11847. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1500501; continuous - phpvsfiid 1500502; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1500501; continuous - phpvsfiid 1500502
    Bt4—86 to 109 centimeters (33.9 to 42.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; clay films; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11848. continuous - phpvsfiid 1500503; continuous - phpvsfiid 1500503
    Bt5—109 to 140 centimeters (42.9 to 55.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; brown (10YR 5/3) coats on faces of peds and clay films and 15 percent faint light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) silt coats on vertical faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11849. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1500506; continuous - phpvsfiid 1500505; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1500506; continuous - phpvsfiid 1500505
    Bt6—140 to 170 centimeters (55.1 to 66.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint clay films; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A11850. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1500507; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1500507