IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lourdes
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984IA1310011
  • User Pedon ID: 84IA1310011
  • User Site Association ID: 11-WAV_Lourdes_Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0510
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 56776
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024
  • 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: 43.2750015
  • Std. Longitude: -92.6666641
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA131—Mitchell
  • 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: IA131—Mitchell County, Iowa
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: P.K.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Aquollic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Lourdes
  • PSC - 30 to 79 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lourdes
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Aquollic Hapludalf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1984
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • 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: 10/1/1984 (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

    argillic horizon

    0—13

    30—79

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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

    225

    1Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior loam; weak very fine subangular blocky, and weak very fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02533; dry when described;. Pebble band at lower boundary.
    2Bw—13 to 30 centimeters (5.1 to 11.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) clay loam; weak fine prismatic, and weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; firm; grayish brown (10YR 5/2) coats on vertical faces of peds and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) coats on vertical faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02534; dry when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 218283; continuous - phpvsfiid 218284; continuous - phpvsfiid 218283; continuous - phpvsfiid 218284
    2Bt1—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) clay loam; moderate fine prismatic, and moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay films on faces of peds and dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02535; dry when described;. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218285; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218286; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218285; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218286
    2Bt2—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and gray (10YR 5/1) clay loam; moderate fine prismatic, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay films on faces of peds and gray (10YR 5/1) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02536; dry when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 218287; continuous - phpvsfiid 218288; continuous - phpvsfiid 218287; continuous - phpvsfiid 218288
    2Bt3—61 to 79 centimeters (24.0 to 31.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and gray (10YR 5/1) clay loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; gray (10YR 5/1) clay films on faces of peds and dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02537; dry when described;. continuous - phpvsfiid 218289; continuous - phpvsfiid 218290; continuous - phpvsfiid 218289; continuous - phpvsfiid 218290
    2CB—79 to 97 centimeters (31.1 to 38.2 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and gray (10YR 5/1) clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films in root channels and/or pores; 1 percent medium iron concretions; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02538; dry when described;. few medium iron concretions concentrations
    2C1—97 to 122 centimeters (38.2 to 48.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and gray (10YR 5/1) loam; weak medium prismatic structure; very firm; 15 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay films in root channels and/or pores; 1 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary.; dry when described;. Not sampled.; few iron-manganese concretions concentrations; few clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores
    2C2—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and gray (10YR 5/1) loam; massive; very firm; 1 percent iron-manganese concretions; 1 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog.; dry when described;. Not sampled.; few iron-manganese concretions concentrations; few lime concretions concentrations