IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sac
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985IA0350033
  • User Pedon ID: 85IA0350033
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0341
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 58146
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 42.9000015
  • Std. Longitude: -95.5500031
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 93N
  • Range: 40W
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: 1907 feet W and 343 feet S of NE corner
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA035—Cherokee
  • MLRA: 107—Iowa and Missouri Deep Loess Hills

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Dale J. Ceolla
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Eutrochrepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sac
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sac
  • 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

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • 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 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior silty clay loam; 2 percent silt; 33 percent clay; cloddy, and weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P02028. 20% streaks and pockets of (10YR 4/3) surface material.
    1BA—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silty clay loam; 2 percent silt; 34 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, coats on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P02029. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 231409; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 231409
    1Bw1—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; 3 percent silt; 32 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, coats on faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P02030. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 231410; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 231410
    1Bw2—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; 3 percent silt; 31 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, coats on faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P02031. few coats surface features on faces of peds; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 231411; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 231411
    2BC—61 to 81 centimeters (24.0 to 31.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior loam; 46 percent silt; 25 percent clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine faint and 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic structure; friable; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P02032. Few medium shale fragments.; few fine faint 10YR58 mottles; few medium distinct 10YR52 mottles
    2C—81 to 102 centimeters (31.9 to 40.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior loam; 45 percent silt; 26 percent clay; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; massive; friable; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 86P02033. 5 cm thick medium and fine sand lens at 112 and 140 cm. Common medium shale fragments.; common fine faint 10YR56 mottles; few fine distinct 10YR52 mottles