IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Nira
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985IA1730034
  • User Pedon ID: 85IA1730034
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0463
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 58268
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: -94.7266693
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 69N
  • Range: 34W
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: 450 feet E and 280 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
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    1Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior silty clay loam; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P02747. 25% (10YR 4/3) pockets.
    1Bt1—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) interior silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint and 11 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine 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 # 86P02748. common fine faint 10YR52 mottles; few fine faint 10YR56 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 220550; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 220550
    1Bt2—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior and brown (10YR 5/3) interior silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films and 15 percent faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains and 15 percent faint very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, coats in root channels and/or pores; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P02749. Few fine dark oxides.; few manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features; few coats surface features in root channels and/or pores; continuous - phpvsfiid 220553; continuous - phpvsfiid 220553
    1Bt3—43 to 56 centimeters (16.9 to 22.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior and brown (10YR 5/3) interior silty clay loam; weak coarse subangular blocky, and moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; friable; grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films and 15 percent faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P02750. Common fine dark oxides. 56 to 66 cm sample number 86P2751.; few manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features; continuous - phpvsfiid 220555; continuous - phpvsfiid 220555
    1Bt4—66 to 84 centimeters (26.0 to 33.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior silty clay loam; 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films and 37 percent faint strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P02752. Few fine dark oxides; (10YR 4/1) filled root channels.; common manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features; many fine distinct 10YR54 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 220557; continuous - phpvsfiid 220557
    1BC—84 to 99 centimeters (33.1 to 39.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable; faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P02753. Common fine dark oxides.; continuous - phpvsfiid 220558; continuous - phpvsfiid 220558
    1C—99 to 152 centimeters (39.0 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; massive; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog. Common fine and medium dark oxides.