IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lamoni
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984IA1590012
  • User Pedon ID: 84IA1590012
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0517
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 56783
  • 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: 40.8166656
  • Std. Longitude: -94.0500031
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 70N
  • Range: 28W
  • Section: 35
  • PLSS Details: 163 feet W and 2630 feet N of SE corner
  • Location Description: E. Rotert farm.
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA159—Ringgold

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: MW & LB
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Aquic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Lamoni
  • PSC - 15 to 65 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lamoni
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Aquic Argiudoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1984
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • 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

    argillic horizon

    cambic horizon

    0—15

    15—91

    91—107

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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

    11

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    45

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    1Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior and 10 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02575. few very fine roots
    1Bt1—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior clay; 11 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds and very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on vertical faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 85P02576. few very fine roots; common fine distinct 7.5YR44 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 218298; continuous - phpvsfiid 218298
    1Bt1—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior clay; 11 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; distinct dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds and very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on vertical faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02577. few very fine roots; common fine distinct 7.5YR44 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 218300; continuous - phpvsfiid 218300
    1Bt2—41 to 56 centimeters (16.1 to 22.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior clay; 11 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; distinct gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds and dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, coats on vertical faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02578. few very fine roots; common medium distinct 7.5YR44 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 218302; continuous - phpvsfiid 218302
    1Bt3—56 to 71 centimeters (22.0 to 28.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior clay loam; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct and 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; faint light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains in root channels and/or pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02579. few organic coats surface features in root channels and/or pores; few very fine roots; common medium distinct 7.5YR56 mottles; common medium distinct 7.5YR46 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 218304; continuous - phpvsfiid 218304
    1Bt4—71 to 81 centimeters (28.0 to 31.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 85P02580. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218837; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218837
    1Bt4—81 to 91 centimeters (31.9 to 35.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; gray (10YR 5/1), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02581. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218838; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218838
    1BC—91 to 107 centimeters (35.8 to 42.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) and yellowish red (5YR 5/8) clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Not sampled.
    1C1—107 to 130 centimeters (42.1 to 51.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and yellowish red (5YR 5/8) clay loam; massive; firm; 1 percent fine carbonate nodules; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Not sampled.; few fine lime nodules concentrations
    1C2—130 to 152 centimeters (51.2 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior and brown (7.5YR 4/4) and yellowish red (5YR 5/8) clay loam; massive; firm; 1 percent fine carbonate nodules; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog. Not sampled.; few fine lime nodules concentrations