IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Shelby
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1983IA003002
  • User Pedon ID: 83IA003002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0381
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 54625
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 41.0763893
  • Std. Longitude: -94.6627808
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 73N
  • Range: 33W
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: 153 meters W and 500 meters N of SE corner
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA003—Adams
  • MLRA: 108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: M. Sherwood
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Shelby
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Hapludolls
  • Classificaton Date - 3/1/1983
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 3
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/1/1983 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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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    1Ap—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior and brown (10YR 4/3) interior clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 37 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P02012. common organic coats surface features
    1Bt1—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior clay loam; 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P02013. Some 10YR 3/2 coats and root channels.; few fine distinct 7.5YR44 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 229956; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 229956
    1Bt2—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; , moist, clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent , moist, organic stains and 15 percent , moist, black stains; 1 percent fine dark concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P02014. few fine dark concretions concentrations; few organic coats surface features; few black stains surface features; few fine distinct 7.5YR46 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 216834; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 216834
    1Bt3—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior clay loam; 1 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4) fine distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; , moist, clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent , moist, organic stains; 1 percent fine dark concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P02015. few fine dark concretions concentrations; few organic coats surface features; few fine distinct 7.5YR54 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 216837; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 216837
    1BC—51 to 76 centimeters (20.1 to 29.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; , moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine dark concretions; 11 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P02016. common lime concretions concentrations; few fine dark concretions concentrations; few fine distinct 7.5YR56 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 216839; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 216839
    1C1—76 to 102 centimeters (29.9 to 40.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior clay loam; 11 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) medium distinct and 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; massive; 11 percent dark concretions; 11 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 84P02017. Weak cleavage planes.; common dark concretions concentrations; common lime concretions concentrations; common medium distinct 2.5Y52 mottles; common medium distinct 7.5YR56 mottles
    1C—102 to 127 centimeters (40.2 to 50.0 inches); unknown texture; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog. Not sampled.
    1C2—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine faint and 11 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) medium distinct mottles; massive; firm; 1 percent dark concretions; 1 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog. Not sampled. Weak cleavage planes.; few lime concretions concentrations; few dark concretions concentrations; common medium distinct 2.5Y62 mottles; few fine faint 7.5YR56 mottles