IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fayette
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984IA103012
  • User Pedon ID: 84IA1030012
  • User Site Association ID: NC-WAV_Fayette_Till_Plain_Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0398
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 56114
  • 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: 41.6624985
  • Std. Longitude: -91.4333344
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 79N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 496 feet south and 201 feet west of center
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA103—Johnson
  • MLRA: 108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-WAV—Waverly, Iowa
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IA103—Johnson County, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Mollic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Fayette
  • PSC - 18 to 68 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Downs
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Mollic Hapludalf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1984
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • 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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—18

    18—114

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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

    10

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    225

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    1Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dry; silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; friable; 5.5 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01931. 10 % mixing of (10YR 4/3).; many fine roots
    1Bt1—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silty clay loam; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.5 fine roots; dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01932. many fine roots; continuous - phpvsfiid 230713; continuous - phpvsfiid 230713
    1Bt2—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.5 fine roots; 55 percent faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P01933. many clay films surface features on faces of peds; many fine roots
    1Bt3—48 to 64 centimeters (18.9 to 25.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate fine angular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 fine roots; 55 percent faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine dark concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P01934. few fine dark concretions concentrations; many clay films surface features on faces of peds; common fine roots
    1Bt4—64 to 81 centimeters (25.2 to 31.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silty clay loam; 11 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint mottles; weak medium prismatic, and moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate fine angular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 fine roots; 55 percent faint , moist, clay films on faces of peds; 11 percent fine dark concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P01935. common fine dark concretions concentrations; many clay films surface features on faces of peds; common fine roots; common fine faint 10YR52 mottles
    1Bt5—81 to 114 centimeters (31.9 to 44.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silty clay loam; 11 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 fine roots; 55 percent faint , moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 11 percent fine dark concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P01936. Sampled to 97cm.; common fine dark concretions concentrations; many clay films surface features on vertical faces of peds; common fine roots; common fine faint 10YR52 mottles
    1Bw—114 to 127 centimeters (44.9 to 50.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint and 11 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint mottles; moderate medium prismatic structure; friable; 11 percent fine dark concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Not sampled.; common fine dark concretions concentrations; common fine faint 10YR52 mottles; few fine faint 10YR56 mottles
    1BC—127 to 142 centimeters (50.0 to 55.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior silty clay loam; 11 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; weak medium prismatic structure; friable; 11 percent fine dark concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Not sampled.; common fine dark concretions concentrations; common fine faint 10YR52 mottles; common fine faint 10YR56 mottles
    1C—142 to 152 centimeters (55.9 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; massive; friable; 11 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog. Not sampled.; common fine lime concretions concentrations; common fine faint 10YR56 mottles