IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ostrander
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984IA075021
  • User Pedon ID: 84IA0750021
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0542
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 56808
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 42.5361099
  • Std. Longitude: -92.5833359
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA075—Grundy
  • 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: IA075—Grundy County, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ostrander
  • 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
  • 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—13

    13—127

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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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    1Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02743; dry when described;. Common 10YR 4/3 mixings.
    2Bw1—13 to 30 centimeters (5.1 to 11.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior sandy clay loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; dark brown (10YR 3/3) coats on faces of peds; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02744; dry when described;
    2Bw2—30 to 51 centimeters (11.8 to 20.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 11 percent iron concretions; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02745; dry when described;. common iron concretions concentrations
    2Bw3—51 to 71 centimeters (20.1 to 28.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent iron concretions; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02746; dry when described;. few iron concretions concentrations
    2Bw4—71 to 91 centimeters (28.0 to 35.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent iron concretions; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02747. few iron concretions concentrations
    2BC—91 to 127 centimeters (35.8 to 50.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent iron concretions and 1 percent dark concretions; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary.; dry when described;. Not sampled.; few iron concretions concentrations; few dark concretions concentrations
    2C—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loam; 1 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) fine distinct mottles; massive; firm; 1 percent iron concretions and 1 percent dark concretions; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog.; dry when described;. Not sampled.; few iron concretions concentrations; few dark concretions concentrations; few fine distinct 2.5Y62 mottles