IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kenyon
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987IA113001
  • User Pedon ID: 87IA113001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 88P0610
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 60728
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 42.0275002
  • Std. Longitude: -91.5536118
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA113—Linn
  • MLRA: 104—Eastern Iowa and Minnesota Till Prairies
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-WAV—Waverly, Iowa
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IA113—Linn County, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kenyon
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Hapludolls
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1987
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 3
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: till
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1987 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and dark brown (10YR 3/3) and brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; loam; weak fine granular, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P03174. few fine roots
    Bt1—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P03175. few fine roots
    Bt2—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam; weak prismatic, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P03176. few fine roots
    Bt3—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; 1 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) fine distinct and 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P03177. few fine roots; few fine distinct 2.5Y62 mottles; few fine prominent 5YR56 mottles
    BC—53 to 66 centimeters (20.9 to 26.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine faint and 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) fine prominent and 11 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate fine and medium angular blocky, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 88P03178. few fine faint 10YR58 mottles; few fine prominent 5YR56 mottles; common fine distinct 2.5Y62 mottles
    C1—66 to 107 centimeters (26.0 to 42.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine faint and 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine prominent and 11 percent gray (5Y 6/1) fine distinct mottles; massive; firm; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 88P03179. few fine faint 10YR58 mottles; few fine prominent 7.5YR58 mottles; common fine distinct 5Y61 mottles
    C2—107 to 122 centimeters (42.1 to 48.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and gray (5Y 6/1) loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium prominent mottles; massive; firm; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 88P03180. few medium prominent 7.5YR58 mottles