IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Shelby
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987IA1590072
  • User Pedon ID: 87IA1590072
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0374
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59669
  • Print Date: 1/29/2025

    • 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: 40.8333321
  • Std. Longitude: -94.0500031
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 70N
  • Range: 28W
  • Section: 35
  • PLSS Details: NW corner
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA159—Ringgold

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 7
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Shelby
  • PSC - 18 to 61 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Shelby
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Argiudoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1987
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: 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
  • 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); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 2.5 very fine roots and 0.5 fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01910. 30% (10YR 5/4) pockets.; few fine roots; common very fine roots
    1Bt1—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; 37 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, coats on faces of peds and 37 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01911. common coats surface features on faces of peds; common clay films surface features; few very fine roots
    1Bt2—30 to 61 centimeters (11.8 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, coats in root channels and/or pores and 15 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01912. Horizon split for sampling 30 to 46 cm 87P1912 and 46 to 61 cm 87P1913.; few clay films surface features; few very fine roots
    1C1—61 to 91 centimeters (24.0 to 35.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior clay loam; massive; firm; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01914. Many fine Ca nodules. Few fine (7.5YR 5/6) iron oxides. Few fine (N 2/0) dark oxides. Horizon split for sampling 61 to 76 cm 87P1914 and 76 to 91 cm 87P1915.; few fine roots
    1C2—91 to 152 centimeters (35.8 to 59.8 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior clay loam; 1 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine prominent mottles; massive; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog. Many fine Ca nodules.; few very fine roots; few fine prominent 2.5Y52 mottles