IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nira
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1983IA029203
  • User Pedon ID: 83IA029203
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0392
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 54636
  • 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: 41.2591667
  • Std. Longitude: -94.8527756
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 75N
  • Range: 35W
  • Section: 26
  • PLSS Details: 180 feet E and 210 feet N of SW corner
  • Location Description: 180 feet W recorded on description changed to 180 feet E.
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA029—Cass

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: M. Sherwood
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 203
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Nira
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed 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—18

    18—97

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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

    8

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    315

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    1Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior and very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and brown (10YR 4/3), grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dry; silty clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P02082
    1Bw1—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P02083
    1Bw2—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium faint and 11 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P02084. common medium distinct 2.5Y52 mottles; few medium faint 10YR54 mottles
    1Bw3—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silty clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct and 11 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P02085. few fine distinct 7.5YR56 mottles; common medium distinct 2.5Y52 mottles
    1Bw4—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior silt loam; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium prominent and 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P02086. common medium prominent 10YR54 mottles; common medium prominent 7.5YR56 mottles
    1BC—76 to 97 centimeters (29.9 to 38.2 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; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine and medium tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P02087
    1C—97 to 122 centimeters (38.2 to 48.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior silt loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium prominent and 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; massive; friable; 0.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog. few medium prominent 10YR56 mottles; few medium prominent 7.5YR56 mottles