IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): RICEVILLE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1956IA089006
  • User Pedon ID: S1956IA089006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1956IA089006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1452
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 35060
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: -92.3891678
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 99N
  • Range: 13W
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: 975 feet west of northeast corner NW1/4
  • Location Description: Approximately 480 feet south and 205 feet east of west side of field gate
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA089—Howard
  • 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: IA089—Howard County, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: L. E. Tyler
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Udollic Ochraqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 6
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - RICEVILLE
  • PSC - 51 to 91 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Riceville
  • Classificaton Date - 10/12/1956
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: till
  • Landscape: upland
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Slope Position: on a slope
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Surface Fragments: 0.05 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/12/1956 (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
    • 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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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silt loam; moderate very fine granular structure; friable; fragments; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A11244
    A21—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and black (10YR 2/1) rubbed, gray (10YR 6/1) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; 21 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) fine distinct and 21 percent brown (10YR 4/3) fine distinct mottles; weak fine platy parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; worm casts; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A11245
    A22—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) rubbed and olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) rubbed loam; 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine distinct and 21 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; weak medium platy, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent fine very dark gray (N 3/0) iron-manganese concretions; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A11246. Few pebbles at approximately 16-inch depth.
    IIAB—41 to 51 centimeters (16.1 to 20.1 inches); gray (2.5Y 5/1) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) rubbed, gray (10YR 6/1), dry; clay loam; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent and 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A11247. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 196329; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 196329
    IIB21—51 to 61 centimeters (20.1 to 24.0 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) and gray (5Y 5/1) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) rubbed clay loam; 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; moderate and strong medium prismatic parts to moderate and strong medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A11248. Streaks of very dark gray (N 3/0 moist) transported clay; clay skins difficult to identify.
    IIB22—61 to 74 centimeters (24.0 to 29.1 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) and gray (5Y 5/1) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior, white (N 8/0), dry; clay loam; 21 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) medium distinct mottles; moderate and strong coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A11249. Clay skins difficult to find.
    IIB23—74 to 86 centimeters (29.1 to 33.9 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) and brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior and strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior and gray (5Y 5/1) interior and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) rubbed clay loam; 21 percent brown (10YR 4/3) medium distinct mottles; moderate coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A11250. Few streaks of dark-colored transported clay.
    IIB24—86 to 104 centimeters (33.9 to 40.9 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) and 80 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior and 20 percent gray (5Y 5/1) interior and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) rubbed clay loam; 21 percent brown (10YR 4/3) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic, and massive; firm; 1 percent noncoherent cemented black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions and 1 percent noncoherent cemented black (5YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A11251. Some black (N 2/0 moist) clay streaks on the few faces that exist.
    IIB31—104 to 124 centimeters (40.9 to 48.8 inches); 85 percent brown (10YR 4/3) and 15 percent gray (5Y 5/1) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) rubbed clay loam; massive; firm; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A11252. Few thin very dark gray (N 3/0 moist) streaks of transported clay on the few gray cleavage faces that exist.
    IIB32—124 to 135 centimeters (48.8 to 53.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) rubbed and olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) rubbed clay loam; 3 percent gray (5Y 5/1) medium distinct mottles; massive; firm; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A11253. Very dark gray (N 3/0 moist) streaks of transported clay on the cleavage faces that exist; few vertical faces; this horizon and all above are leached.
    IIC—135 to 160 centimeters (53.1 to 63.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) rubbed and olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) rubbed clay loam; 3 percent gray (5Y 5/1) medium distinct mottles; massive; firm; 0.5 fine roots; fragments. Lab sample # 40A11254. Unleached; small lime pebbles most of which appear to be primarily carbonates.