IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kenyon
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984IA0370013
  • User Pedon ID: 84IA0370013
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0494
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 56760
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 42.9597206
  • Std. Longitude: -92.0819473
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 94N
  • Range: 11W
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: 1900 feet S and 152 feet W of NE corner
  • Location Description: A. Plaggenkuhle farm.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA037—Chickasaw
  • MLRA: 104—Eastern Iowa and Minnesota Till Prairies
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-WAV—Waverly, Iowa
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IA037—Chickasaw County, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: H. Wilson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Kenyon
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kenyon
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1984
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 3
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: drift derived from mixed-calcareous and/or till derived from mixed-calcareous
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1984 (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—124

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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

    6

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    45

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    1Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; 0.5 roots; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02433; moist when described;. Many 10YR 4/3 and 3/3 subsoil mixings.; few roots
    1BA—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior and dark brown (10YR 3/3) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 85P02434; moist when described;. few roots
    2Bw1—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 roots; 15 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, coats on faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 85P02435; moist when described;. few fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; few coats surface features on faces of peds; few roots
    2Bw2—43 to 56 centimeters (16.9 to 22.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; weak prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 roots; 15 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, coats on faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 85P02436; moist when described;. few fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; few coats surface features on faces of peds; few roots; few fine faint 10YR56 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218744; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218744
    2Bw3—56 to 66 centimeters (22.0 to 26.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; weak prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 roots; brown (10YR 4/3), moist, coats on faces of peds and dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, organic stains in root channels and/or pores; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 85P02437; moist when described;. few fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; few roots; few fine faint 10YR56 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 218745; continuous - phpvsfiid 218745
    2Bw3—66 to 79 centimeters (26.0 to 31.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; weak prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 roots; brown (10YR 4/3), moist, coats on faces of peds and dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, organic stains in root channels and/or pores; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 85P02438; moist when described;. few fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; few roots; few fine faint 10YR56 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 218747; continuous - phpvsfiid 218747
    2Bw4—79 to 104 centimeters (31.1 to 40.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; weak prismatic structure; firm; 15 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, organic stains in root channels and/or pores; 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog.; moist when described;. Not sampled.; few fine soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; few organic coats surface features in root channels and/or pores
    2BC—104 to 124 centimeters (40.9 to 48.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; weak prismatic structure; firm; 1 percent cylindrical iron concretions and 1 percent iron-manganese masses; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog. Not sampled.; few iron concretions concentrations; few soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations
    2C—124 to 152 centimeters (48.8 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; massive; firm; 1 percent iron-manganese masses; 1 percent fine lime masses; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog. Not sampled. Few 2.5YR 4/8 nodules.; few fine soft masses of lime concentrations; few soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations