IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nira
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985IA1730033
  • User Pedon ID: 85IA1730033
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0462
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 58267
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024
  • 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: 40.7763901
  • Std. Longitude: -94.7269440
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 69N
  • Range: 34W
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: 400 feet E and 285 feet S of center
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA173—Taylor
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: LEB and MSW
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Nira
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed Typic Hapludolls
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1985
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Drainage Class: moderately 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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    6

    225

    1Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine angular blocky structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P02740. 10% (10YR 4/3) pockets.
    1Bt1—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior silty clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, coats on faces of peds and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P02741. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 220540; continuous - phpvsfiid 220539; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 220540; continuous - phpvsfiid 220539
    1Bt2—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior and brown (10YR 5/3) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, coats in root channels and/or pores and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P02742. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 220541; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 220542; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 220541; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 220542
    1Bt3—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, coats in root channels and/or pores and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P02743. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 220543; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 220544; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 220543; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 220544
    1Bt4—61 to 74 centimeters (24.0 to 29.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior silty clay loam; 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, coats in root channels and/or pores and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P02744. 74 to 84 cm sample number 86P2745.; many medium distinct 10YR56 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 220545; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 220546; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 220545; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 220546
    1BC—84 to 107 centimeters (33.1 to 42.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate medium prismatic structure; friable; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, coats on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P02746. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 220547; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 220547
    1C1—107 to 122 centimeters (42.1 to 48.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior silty clay loam; friable; 15 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, coats; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. few coats surface features
    1C2—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) interior silty clay loam; 11 percent red (2.5YR 5/8) medium prominent and 11 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) medium prominent mottles; massive; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog. common medium prominent 2.5YR58 mottles; common medium prominent 7.5YR44 mottles