IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sac
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985IA0350021
  • User Pedon ID: 85IA0350021
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0293
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 56009
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 42.8916664
  • Std. Longitude: -95.7249985
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: R. Lundell farm.
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA035—Cherokee

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Ceolla
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sac
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed Typic Hapludolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1985
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1985 (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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—30

    30—122

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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

    3

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    45

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    1Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior silty clay loam; 3 percent sand; 34 percent clay; cloddy, and weak fine granular structure; friable; 2.5 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01395; moist when described;. common roots
    1A—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior silty clay loam; 3 percent sand; 37 percent clay; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 roots; very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01396; moist when described;. common roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218219; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218219
    1BA—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior and dark brown (10YR 3/3) silty clay loam; 3 percent sand; 35 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 roots; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01397; moist when described;. A medium 10YR 3/1 krotovina.; few worm casts concentrations; common roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218220; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218220
    1Bw1—41 to 66 centimeters (16.1 to 26.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silty clay loam; 4 percent sand; 32 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and blocky structure; friable; 2.5 roots; dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01398; moist when described;. common roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218221; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218221
    1Bw2—66 to 89 centimeters (26.0 to 35.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; 5 percent sand; 31 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 roots; 15 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01399; moist when described;. few organic coats surface features on faces of peds; common roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218222; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218222
    2BC—89 to 122 centimeters (35.0 to 48.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior clay loam; 35 percent sand; 31 percent clay; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium faint and 11 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 15 percent brown (10YR 4/3) organic stains on faces of peds; 11 percent medium lime masses and 11 percent medium carbonate concretions; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary.; dry when described;. Not sampled.; common medium soft masses of lime concentrations; common medium lime concretions concentrations; few organic coats surface features on faces of peds; common medium faint 10YR58 mottles; common fine distinct 10YR52 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218223; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 218223
    2C—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior clay loam; 40 percent sand; 30 percent clay; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine faint mottles; massive; firm; 1 percent fine lime masses and 1 percent fine and medium carbonate concretions; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog.; dry when described;. Not sampled. Some angular planes of clevage.; few fine soft masses of lime concentrations; few fine and medium lime concretions concentrations; common fine faint 10YR58 mottles; few fine distinct 10YR52 mottles