IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Fayette
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984IA103023
  • User Pedon ID: 84IA1030023
  • User Site Association ID: NC-WAV_Fayette_Till_Plain_Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0401
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 56117
  • Print Date: 4/25/2025

    • 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: 41.7680550
  • Std. Longitude: -91.4786148
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 80N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: 1750 feet south and 1125 feet east of the northwest corner
  • 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, superactive, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Fayette
  • PSC - 15 to 65 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Snd
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1984
  • 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—15

    15—94

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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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    135

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    1Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior and 25 percent brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak very fine granular structure; friable; 5.5 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01949. many fine roots
    1Bt1—15 to 25 centimeters (5.9 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silty clay loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 5.5 fine roots; , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01950. many fine roots; patchy - phpvsfiid 218453; patchy - phpvsfiid 218453
    1Bt2—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silty clay loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky, and moderate very fine and fine angular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 fine roots; , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P01951. common fine roots; continuous - phpvsfiid 218454; continuous - phpvsfiid 218454
    1Bt3—38 to 51 centimeters (15.0 to 20.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak fine angular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 fine roots; , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 85P01952. common fine roots; continuous - phpvsfiid 218455; continuous - phpvsfiid 218455
    1Bt3—51 to 64 centimeters (20.1 to 25.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak fine angular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 fine roots; , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P01953. common fine roots; continuous - phpvsfiid 218456; continuous - phpvsfiid 218456
    1Bt4—64 to 79 centimeters (25.2 to 31.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint and 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint mottles; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 fine roots; , moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine dark concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 85P01954. few fine dark concretions concentrations; common fine roots; few fine faint 10YR56 mottles; few fine faint 10YR52 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 218457; continuous - phpvsfiid 218457
    1Bt4—79 to 94 centimeters (31.1 to 37.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint and 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint mottles; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 fine roots; , moist, clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine dark concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P01955. few fine dark concretions concentrations; common fine roots; few fine faint 10YR56 mottles; few fine faint 10YR52 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 218458; continuous - phpvsfiid 218458
    1Bw—94 to 122 centimeters (37.0 to 48.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silty clay loam; 1 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine faint and 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 fine roots; 1 percent fine dark concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Not sampled.; few fine dark concretions concentrations; common fine roots; few fine faint 10YR42 mottles; few fine faint 10YR56 mottles
    1BC—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior silt loam; 1 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine faint and 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent fine dark concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog. Not sampled.; few fine dark concretions concentrations; few fine roots; few fine faint 10YR42 mottles; few fine distinct 10YR56 mottles