IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nira
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1983IA029202
  • User Pedon ID: 83IA029202
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0391
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 54635
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 41.2597237
  • Std. Longitude: -94.8516693
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 75N
  • Range: 35W
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: 450 feet E and 450 feet N of SW corner
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA029—Cass

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: M. Sherwood
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 202
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Nira
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic Typic Hapludolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1983
  • 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: 11/1/1983 (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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—15

    15—102

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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

    4

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    225

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    1Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior and dark brown (10YR 3/3) and brown (10YR 4/3), grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dry; silty clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; very dark brown (10YR 2/2) organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P02076. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 229958; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 229958
    1Bw1—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P02077. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 229959; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 229960; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 229959; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 229960
    1Bw2—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silty clay loam; 1 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine distinct and 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine faint mottles; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P02078. few fine distinct 2.5Y52 mottles; few fine faint 10YR54 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 229961; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 229961
    1Bw3—41 to 58 centimeters (16.1 to 22.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silty clay loam; 11 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) medium distinct and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct and 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P02079. common medium distinct 2.5Y52 mottles; common medium distinct 10YR56 mottles; common medium distinct 7.5YR56 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 229962; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 229962
    1Bw4—58 to 81 centimeters (22.8 to 31.9 inches); 33 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior and 33 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 33 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine tubular pores; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds and 15 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, organic stains in root channels and/or pores; 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P02080. few fine soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; few organic coats surface features in root channels and/or pores; continuous - phpvsfiid 229964; continuous - phpvsfiid 229964
    1BC—81 to 102 centimeters (31.9 to 40.2 inches); 33 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior and 33 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and 33 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; massive; friable; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P02081. few fine soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations
    1BC—102 to 122 centimeters (40.2 to 48.0 inches); 33 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior and 33 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and 33 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; massive; friable; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. few fine soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations
    1C—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); 33 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior and 33 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 33 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; massive; friable; 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog. few fine soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations