IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Adair
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986IA1730041
  • User Pedon ID: 86IA1730041
  • User Site Association ID: NC-ATL_Adair_Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0464
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 58269
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 40.7708321
  • Std. Longitude: -94.7052765
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 69N
  • Range: 34W
  • Section: 13
  • PLSS Details: 1430 feet W and 270 feet N of SE corner
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA173—Taylor

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: RDL and MSW
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Adair
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Aquic Argiudolls
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1986
  • 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: 11/1/1986 (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 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P02754. 8 to 18 cm sample number 86P2755.
    1Bt1—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate subangular blocky structure; firm; 55 percent faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P02756. many clay films surface features on faces of peds; continuous - phpvsfiid 220559; continuous - phpvsfiid 220559
    1Bt2—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); red (2.5YR 4/6) interior and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 55 percent faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P02757. many clay films surface features on faces of peds; continuous - phpvsfiid 220560; continuous - phpvsfiid 220560
    1BC—53 to 69 centimeters (20.9 to 27.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior clay loam; weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 15 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 86P02758. few clay films surface features
    1C1—69 to 84 centimeters (27.2 to 33.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior and 7.5YR 4/8 (7.5YR 4/8) interior clay loam; massive; firm; 15 percent faint grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 86P02759. Fourth moist color (10YR 5/6); 84 to 127 cm sample number 86P2760.; few clay films surface features on faces of peds
    1C2—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and light gray (2.5Y 7/2) interior and brownish yellow (10YR 6/8) interior clay loam; massive; firm; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog. Common snad pockets 132 to 140 cm.