IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nira
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1983IA0030023
  • User Pedon ID: 83IA0030023
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0386
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 54630
  • 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: 41.1311111
  • Std. Longitude: -94.8772202
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 73N
  • Range: 35W
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 50 meters N and 433 meters E of SW corner
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA003—Adams

    • 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 - Nira
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed Typic Hapludolls
  • Classificaton Date - 3/1/1983
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • 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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    46

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    1Ap—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dry; silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 84P02045
    1A2—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior and brown (10YR 4/3) interior silty clay loam; 1 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine distinct mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, organic stains; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 84P02046. few organic coats surface features; few fine distinct 2.5Y52 mottles
    1Bw1—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silty clay loam; 1 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) medium distinct and 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; 1 percent fine dark concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 84P02047. few fine dark concretions concentrations; few medium distinct 2.5Y52 mottles; few fine faint 10YR56 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 216859; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 216859
    1Bw2—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silty clay loam; 11 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) medium distinct and 11 percent 10YR 5/ (10YR 5/ medium distinct and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, organic stains and , moist, black stains; 1 percent fine dark concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 84P02048. few fine dark concretions concentrations; common medium distinct 2.5Y52 mottles; common medium distinct 10YR55 mottles; common medium distinct 10YR56 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 216860; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 216860
    1Bw3—48 to 64 centimeters (18.9 to 25.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and brown (10YR 4/3) interior silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; brown (10YR 4/3), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; 1 percent fine dark concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 84P02049. few fine dark concretions concentrations; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 216862; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 216862
    1BC—64 to 81 centimeters (25.2 to 31.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 11 percent fine dark concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 84P02050. common fine dark concretions concentrations
    1C1—81 to 102 centimeters (31.9 to 40.2 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; massive; friable; 1 percent fine dark concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 84P02051. few fine dark concretions concentrations
    1C1'—102 to 127 centimeters (40.2 to 50.0 inches); silty clay loam; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog. Not sampled.
    1C2—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; massive; friable; 11 percent fine dark concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog. Not sampled.; common fine dark concretions concentrations