IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Edina
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959IA185001
  • User Pedon ID: S1959IA185001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A0210
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 32739
  • Print Date: 4/27/2025

    • 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: 40.6816673
  • Std. Longitude: -93.2663879
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 68N
  • Range: 21W
  • Section: 15
  • PLSS Details: 150 feet north and 680 feet east of southwest corner of the NW1/4
  • Location Description: near northeast corner of school yard of abandoned country school at Harvard, Iowa.
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA185—Wayne
  • MLRA: 109—Iowa and Missouri Heavy Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IA185—Wayne County, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: F. F. Riecken, W. P. Dietz, and E. C. A. Runge.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Typic Argialbolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Edina
  • PSC - 53 to 103 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Edina
  • Classificaton Date - 7/17/1959
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess and/or till
  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: louderback
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/17/1959 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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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    A1—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; silt loam; moderate medium granular parts to weak fine platy structure; friable; 10 percent light gray (10YR 7/1), dry, coats on faces of peds; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A01552
    A21—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); gray (10YR 6/1) and very dark gray (10YR 3/1), light gray (10YR 7/1), dry; silt loam; moderate fine platy parts to very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent distinct light gray (10YR 7/1), dry, coats on faces of peds; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A01553
    A22—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and gray (10YR 5/1), gray (10YR 5/1) and light gray (10YR 7/1), dry; silt loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint and 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine faint mottles; moderate and strong medium platy structure; friable; gray (10YR 5/1), moist, coats on upper surfaces of peds or rocks and dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, coats on upper surfaces of peds or rocks and very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, coats on lower surfaces of peds or rocks; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A01554. continuous - phpvsfiid 186149; continuous - phpvsfiid 186150; continuous - phpvsfiid 186151; continuous - phpvsfiid 186149; continuous - phpvsfiid 186150; continuous - phpvsfiid 186151
    B1—46 to 53 centimeters (18.1 to 20.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) and very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1) and light gray (10YR 7/1), dry; silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent coats on faces of peds; fragments; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A01555. continuous - phpvsfiid 186152; continuous - phpvsfiid 186152
    B21—53 to 66 centimeters (20.9 to 26.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and black (10YR 2/1) silty clay; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct and 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent fine and medium iron-manganese concretions; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A01556. Peds cohere when soil is moist.; continuous - phpvsfiid 186153; continuous - phpvsfiid 186153
    B22—66 to 76 centimeters (26.0 to 29.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and black (10YR 2/1) silty clay; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct and 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; clay films on faces of peds; 21 percent fine and medium iron-manganese concretions; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A01557. Peds cohere when soil is moist.; continuous - phpvsfiid 186154; continuous - phpvsfiid 186154
    B23—76 to 81 centimeters (29.9 to 31.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) and gray (2.5Y 5/1) silty clay; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine pores; clay films on faces of peds and black (10YR 2/1), moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores; 3 percent fine weakly coherent cemented iron-manganese concretions; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A01558. Peds cohere when moist.; continuous - phpvsfiid 186155; continuous - phpvsfiid 186156; continuous - phpvsfiid 186155; continuous - phpvsfiid 186156
    B24—81 to 97 centimeters (31.9 to 38.2 inches); dark gray (2.5Y 4/1) and olive gray (5Y 5/2) silty clay; 3 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) fine distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; black (10YR 2/1), moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores and clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A01559. Clay skins most prominent on big slickensides and horizontal ped surfaces.; continuous - phpvsfiid 186157; continuous - phpvsfiid 186158; continuous - phpvsfiid 186157; continuous - phpvsfiid 186158
    B3—97 to 122 centimeters (38.2 to 48.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; 3 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) coarse distinct and 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) coarse distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; clay films on vertical faces of peds and black (10YR 2/1), moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A01560. continuous - phpvsfiid 186159; continuous - phpvsfiid 186160; continuous - phpvsfiid 186159; continuous - phpvsfiid 186160
    C1—122 to 135 centimeters (48.0 to 53.1 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; 3 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) coarse distinct and 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) coarse distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A01561. Few coarse pencil size black (10YR 2/1 moist) clay fills.; continuous - phpvsfiid 186161; continuous - phpvsfiid 186161
    C21—135 to 155 centimeters (53.1 to 61.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; 3 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) coarse distinct and 3 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) coarse distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent clay films; fragments. Lab sample # 40A01562. Few fine black (10YR 2/1 moist) clay fills.
    C22—155 to 173 centimeters (61.0 to 68.1 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; 3 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) coarse distinct and 3 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) coarse distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent clay films; fragments. Lab sample # 40A01563. Few fine black (10YR 2/1 moist) clay fills.