IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Southridge

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S1986IA005042

User Pedon ID: 86IA005042

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 87P0073

Print Date: 11/27/2024

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: 43.4905548

Std. Longitude: -91.3505554

Datum: WGS84

GPS - Positional Error: 10.00

Township: 100N

Range: 4W

Section: 7

PLSS Details: 1750 feet north and 30 feet west of southeast corner

Country: US—United States

State: Iowa

County: IA005—Allamakee

MLRA: 105—Upper Mississippi River Bedrock Controlled Uplands and Valleys

Regional Office: NC—North Central

MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-ONA—Onalaska, Wisconsin

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IA005—Allamakee County, Iowa

PEDON

Describers Name: R. J. Vobora and R. J. Kuehl

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty over clayey, mixed Typic Paleudalfs

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data

Pedon #: 42

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Southridge

Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty over clayey, mixed Typic Paleudalfs

Classificaton Date - 10/1/1986

Moisture Class - udic

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

SITE

Parent Material: mixed loess over mixed-noncalcareous unconsolidated sediments

Landscape: hills

Landform: upland slope

Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve

Hill Slope Profile: summit

Slope Complexity: simple

Slope Shape Across: convex

Slope Shape Down: convex

Drainage Class: well

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

RaCA Information:

Plot/Site Set Up By - Unknown

Plot or Site Recorder - Unknown

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 10/1/1986 (actual site observation date)

Data Collector: Robert Vobora

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous 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
ochric epipedon argillic horizon	0—0 0—0	—- —-

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	—	—	336	—	0	899	—	155	8	22	-5	12	22	2	558	—	00134624	LANSING 4 SE, IA US	NOAA

1Ap—0 to 16 centimeters (0.0 to 6.3 inches); 90 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior and 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dry; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 fine roots throughout; 2.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P00413. common fine roots throughout

1BE1—16 to 23 centimeters (6.3 to 9.1 inches); 90 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior and 10 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P00414. few very fine roots throughout

1BE2—23 to 32 centimeters (9.1 to 12.6 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 2 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on horizontal faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P00415. very few manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features on horizontal faces of peds; few very fine roots throughout; patchy - phpvsfiid 221347; patchy - phpvsfiid 221347

1Bt1—32 to 53 centimeters (12.6 to 20.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior silty clay loam; moderate fine blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P00416. Common silt coatings (10YR7/1) on ped faces.; few clay films surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; few very fine roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 221348; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 221348

1Bt3—53 to 69 centimeters (20.9 to 27.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds and 37 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P00417. Few quartz fragments (less than 5%) 0.6 to 2 cm in diameter angular.; common clay films surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; few manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; few very fine roots throughout; patchy - phpvsfiid 221350; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 221349; patchy - phpvsfiid 221350; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 221349

1Bt3—69 to 79 centimeters (27.2 to 31.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium angular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds and 37 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P00418. Few quartz fragments (less than 5%) mostly 0.6 to 3 cm in diameter, 2% some larger 5 to 13 cm angular.; common clay films surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; few manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; few very fine roots throughout; few fine prominent 5YR46 mottles; patchy - phpvsfiid 221352; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 221351; patchy - phpvsfiid 221352; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 221351

2Bt4—79 to 89 centimeters (31.1 to 35.0 inches); 80 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior and 20 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior silty clay; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium angular blocky structure; friable; 55 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 55 percent prominent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P00419. Few chert fragments (less than 5%) less than 2 cm in diameter.; many clay films surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; many manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; few fine prominent 5YR46 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 221353; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 221354; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 221353; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 221354

2Bt5—89 to 122 centimeters (35.0 to 48.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior clay; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 37 percent prominent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds and 55 percent prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P00420. Less than 5% chert fragments less than 2 cm in diameter. Few large fragments up to 25 cm in diameter (sandy dolinite).; many clay films surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; common manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; continuous - phpvsfiid 221355; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 221356; continuous - phpvsfiid 221355; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 221356

2Bt6—122 to 132 centimeters (48.0 to 52.0 inches); 60 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) interior and 40 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 2 percent faint yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on upper surfaces of peds or rocks; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P00421. 10-15% chert fragments 2 to 15 cm in diameter. Few large sandy dolonite fragments up to 25 cm in diameter.; very few clay films surface features on upper surfaces of peds or stones; patchy - phpvsfiid 221357; patchy - phpvsfiid 221357

2C—132 to 157 centimeters (52.0 to 61.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior clay; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 87P00422. Less than 5% chert fragments 2 to 10 cm in diameter. Few calcite crystals 4 cm in diameter.