IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lourdes
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1956IA089005
  • User Pedon ID: S1956IA089005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1956IA089005
  • User Site Association ID: 11-WAV_Lourdes_Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1415
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 35023
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 43.3552780
  • Std. Longitude: -92.3905563
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 99N
  • Range: 13W
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: 975 feet west of northeast corner NW1/4
  • Location Description: Approximately 450 feet south and 150 feet west of west side of field gate
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA089—Howard
  • MLRA: 104—Eastern Iowa and Minnesota Till Prairies
  • Regional Office: 11—Indianapolis, IN
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-WAV—Waverly, Iowa
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IA089—Howard County, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L. E. Tyler.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Aquollic Hapludalfs
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Lourdes
  • PSC - 28 to 78 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lourdes
  • Classificaton Date - 10/12/1956
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy sediments over till
  • Landform: ridge
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments: 1.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/12/1956 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Unknown
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    TRPR2

    Trifolium pratense

    red clover

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    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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    3

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silt loam; fine granular structure; friable; fragments; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A10882
    A21—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); 85 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and 15 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and very dark gray (10YR 3/1) crushed silt loam; moderate fine platy structure; friable; 21 percent worm casts; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A10883
    A22—28 to 38 centimeters (11.0 to 15.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) crushed loam, clay loam; 1 percent brown (10YR 4/3) fine faint mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent worm casts; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A10884
    B21—38 to 48 centimeters (15.0 to 18.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and brown (10YR 5/3) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) crushed, light gray (10YR 7/2) exterior, dry; clay loam; 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3 percent worm casts; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A10885
    IIB2—48 to 58 centimeters (18.9 to 22.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) crushed and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) crushed clay loam; strong fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; light gray (10YR 7/2), dry, coats on faces of peds; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A10886. Some very dark gray (10YR 3/1 moist) illuviated clay.; continuous - phpvsfiid 186187; continuous - phpvsfiid 186187
    IIB23—58 to 79 centimeters (22.8 to 31.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) crushed clay loam; 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine distinct and 3 percent gray (10YR 6/1) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to strong fine and medium angular blocky structure; firm; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A10887. Some very dark gray (10YR 3/1 moist) illuviated clay in old root channels; the streaks of translocated clay associated with old root channels are more prominent in the lower part of this horizon.; continuous - phpvsfiid 186188; continuous - phpvsfiid 186188
    IIB24—79 to 89 centimeters (31.1 to 35.0 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior and gray (5Y 5/1) interior and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) crushed and olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) crushed clay loam; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium distinct and 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse angular blocky structure; firm; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A10888. Streaks of very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1 to 3/0 moist) illuviated clay. Illuviated clay appears principally on vertical faces; tubules of illuviated clay present in old root or worm channels; clay skins appear thick as streaks.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 186189; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 186189
    IIB3—89 to 97 centimeters (35.0 to 38.2 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) interior and gray (5Y 5/1) interior and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) crushed and olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) crushed clay loam; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium distinct and 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; angular blocky structure; firm; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A10889. This horizon is transitional to carbonates; all above horizons are leached; those below unleached.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 186190; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 186190
    IIC11—97 to 114 centimeters (38.2 to 44.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and gray (5Y 5/1) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) crushed clay loam; 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) medium distinct mottles; massive; firm; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A10890. Few vertical cleavage faces; occasional old root channels containing translocated clay—fewer than in above horizon.
    IIC12—114 to 140 centimeters (44.9 to 55.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and gray (5Y 5/1) and gray (5Y 6/1) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) crushed clay loam; 21 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) medium distinct mottles; massive; firm; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A10891. Few dark clay streaks still noticeable on faces.
    IIC13—140 to 165 centimeters (55.1 to 65.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and gray (5Y 5/1) and gray (5Y 6/1) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) crushed and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) crushed clay loam; 21 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) medium distinct mottles; massive; firm; fragments. Lab sample # 40A10892