IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rockton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1959IA191001
  • User Pedon ID: S1959IA191001
  • User Site Association ID: 11-WAV_Rockton_EVAL_Project
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - ISU2015
  • Lab Pedon # - X1912141
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 74987
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 43.2500278
  • Std. Longitude: -91.8823442
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 97N
  • Range: 9W
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: SW1/4NW1/4
  • Location Description: 335 feet east of road fence and 600 feet west of 1/4 section line
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA191—Winneshiek
  • 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: IA191—Winneshiek County, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Ken Kittleson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC 6.0B
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Rockton
  • Classificaton Date - 12/28/2017
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Bedrock: limestone, unspecified
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/14/2014 (entry creation date)
  • Data Collector: Ken Kittleson
  • 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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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) clay loam; prismatic, and moderate fine granular structure; firm; clay films; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU02200
    A1—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; clear smooth boundary.
    B1—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and dark brown (10YR 3/3) silty clay; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU02201
    B2—61 to 74 centimeters (24.0 to 29.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and 3/3 3/3) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silty clay; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; clear wavy boundary. continuous - phpvsfiid 1325170; continuous - phpvsfiid 1325170
    C1—74 to 84 centimeters (29.1 to 33.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) clay; strong fine subangular blocky structure; firm; clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # ISU02202. continuous - phpvsfiid 1325171; continuous - phpvsfiid 1325171
    C2—84 to 85 centimeters (33.1 to 33.5 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; indurated limestone, unspecified fragments.