IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Southridge

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S1986IA005044

User Pedon ID: 86IA005044

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - SSL

Lab Pedon # - 87P0075

Print Date: 11/12/2024

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: 43.4816666

Std. Longitude: -91.3683319

Datum: WGS84

GPS - Positional Error: 10.00

Township: 100N

Range: 4W

Section: 18

PLSS Details: 1450 feet south and 880 feet east of northwest 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: P. Abel, R. J. Vobora

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

Pedon Purpose: full pedon description

Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data

Pedon #: 44

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: over mixed silty 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: linear

Slope Shape Down: linear

Bedrock: strongly

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: Unknown

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
mollic 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
6	—	—	345	—	270	899	—	155	8	22	-5	12	22	2	558	—	00134624	LANSING 4 SE, IA US	NOAA

1Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); 95 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior and 5 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dry; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 55 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organic stains on all faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # 87P00431. many organic coats surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; few medium roots throughout; few fine roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 221365; continuous - phpvsfiid 221365

1Bt1—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 2.5 fine roots throughout; 55 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # 87P00432. (10YR 3/2) fills in root channels.; many clay films surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; common fine roots throughout; few medium roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 221366; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 221366

2Bt2—36 to 49 centimeters (14.2 to 19.3 inches); 60 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and 40 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 15 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds and 15 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films; fragments. Lab sample # 87P00433. 2% less than 2 cm in diameter.; few manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; few clay films surface features; few very fine roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 221367; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 221368; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 221367; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 221368

2Bt3—49 to 69 centimeters (19.3 to 27.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 37 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # 87P00434. 15% 2 to 8 cm rock fragments chert and sandstone, 15% greater than 8 cm rock fragments, sandstone fragments are crushable by hand.; common clay films surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; few very fine roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 221369; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 221369

3Bt4—69 to 89 centimeters (27.2 to 35.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior clay; moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 37 percent prominent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds and 55 percent distinct yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # 87P00435. Few thin patches of greenish shale; (10YR 6/4) areas of sand grains (weathered sandstone).; common manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; many clay films surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; few very fine roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 221371; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 221370; continuous - phpvsfiid 221371; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 221370

3Bt5—89 to 106 centimeters (35.0 to 41.7 inches); 20 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior and 40 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior and 40 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior clay; moderate coarse prismatic structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 37 percent prominent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds and 55 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # 87P00436. Less than 5% rock fragments 2 to 4 cm, few shale patches, very few areas of sand grains.; common manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; many clay films surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; few very fine roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 221372; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 221373; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 221372; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 221373

4R—106 to 130 centimeters (41.7 to 51.2 inches); fragments. Lab sample # 87P00437. Dolomite bedrock upper few inches is weathered somewhat.

5Cr—130 to 140 centimeters (51.2 to 55.1 inches); 70 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior and 30 percent brown (10YR 4/3) interior clay; firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 15 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # 87P00438. Greenish blue shale thin patchy areas.; few manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 231863; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 231863

6Cr—140 to 160 centimeters (55.1 to 63.0 inches); 90 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and 5 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior and 5 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior sandy clay loam; friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; fragments. Lab sample # 87P00439. few very fine roots throughout

6R—160 to 165 centimeters (63.0 to 65.0 inches); 60 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior and 40 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior; fragments. Lab sample # 87P00440. Sandstone.