IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nira
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985IA0290043
  • User Pedon ID: 85IA0290043
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0335
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 58140
  • Print Date: 1/30/2025

    • 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: 41.2580566
  • Std. Longitude: -94.8527756
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA029—Cass

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Nira
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Nira
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1985
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1985 (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
    • 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
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    1Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, dry; silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; friable; 2.5 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P01982. common fine roots
    1BA—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); 20 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior and dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P01983. (10YR 4/3) on some ped faces.; few fine roots
    1Bw1—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior and brown (10YR 4/3) interior silty clay loam; 34 percent clay; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine distinct and 11 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine and medium distinct mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P01984. Few (10YR 3/2) peds.; few fine roots; common fine and medium distinct 2.5Y52 mottles; few fine distinct 7.5YR46 mottles
    1Bw2—53 to 76 centimeters (20.9 to 29.9 inches); 15 percent brown (10YR 4/3) interior and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior silty clay loam; 31 percent clay; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine and medium distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P01985. few fine roots; common fine and medium distinct 7.5YR46 mottles
    1Bw3—76 to 99 centimeters (29.9 to 39.0 inches); 10 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior silty clay loam; 30 percent clay; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic, and weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P01986. few fine roots; common fine distinct 7.5YR46 mottles
    1BC—99 to 122 centimeters (39.0 to 48.0 inches); 20 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior silty clay loam; 28 percent clay; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. few fine roots; common fine distinct 7.5YR46 mottles
    1C—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) interior silty clay loam; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine distinct and 11 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) fine distinct mottles; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog. common fine distinct 7.5YR46 mottles; common fine distinct 2.5Y62 mottles