IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): SHELBY
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1956IA001006
  • User Pedon ID: S1956IA001006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1463
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 35071
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 41.3827782
  • Std. Longitude: -94.4658356
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 76N
  • Range: 31W
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: 297 feet east and 129 feet south of northwest corner of southwest quarter of southeast quarter of northwest quarter
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA001—Adair
  • MLRA: 108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-ATL—Atlantic, Iowa
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IA001—Adair County, Iowa
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41094-C4—Greenfield, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. B. Daniels and G. H. Simonson.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - SHELBY
  • PSC - 28 to 58 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Shelby
  • Classificaton Date - 7/31/1956
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: till
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/31/1956 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - other
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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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    A1p—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) and black (10YR 2/1) rubbed, dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay loam, clay loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A11372
    AB—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and very dark brown (10YR 2/2) and dark brown (10YR 3/3) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) rubbed, dark gray (10YR 4/1) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay loam, clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A11373
    B21—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and very dark brown (10YR 2/2) clay loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; firm; clay films; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A11374. continuous - phpvsfiid 196352; continuous - phpvsfiid 196352
    B22—43 to 58 centimeters (16.9 to 22.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and very dark brown (10YR 2/2) clay loam; weak and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; clay films; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A11375. 10YR 2/2 color located along channels in the upper part.; continuous - phpvsfiid 196353; continuous - phpvsfiid 196353
    B31—58 to 86 centimeters (22.8 to 33.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) clay loam; 1 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine faint and 1 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) coarse prominent and 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) coarse prominent mottles; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; clay films; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A11376. continuous - phpvsfiid 196354; continuous - phpvsfiid 196354
    B32—86 to 122 centimeters (33.9 to 48.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine and 3 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) medium mottles; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky parts to weak medium prismatic structure; very firm; clay films on vertical faces of peds and clay films on lower surfaces of peds or rocks; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A11377. Clay skins become thin but continuous in lower part of horizon on prisms. Sampled 36 to 46 inches.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 196356; continuous - phpvsfiid 196355; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 196356; continuous - phpvsfiid 196355
    C21—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay loam; massive; firm; clay films on vertical faces of peds; 3 percent fine noncoherent cemented white (10YR 8/1) carbonate concretions and 3 percent fine moderately coherent cemented white (10YR 8/1) carbonate concretions; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A11378. Sampled 48 to 58 inches.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 196357; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 196357
    C22—152 to 183 centimeters (59.8 to 72.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy loam; massive; friable; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A11379
    C23—183 to 208 centimeters (72.0 to 81.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine and 3 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) medium mottles; massive; firm; fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 40A11380