IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Orwood
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1962IA065019
User Pedon ID:
S1962IA065019
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
ISU2015
Lab Pedon # -
X65480F-16-2
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
74887
Print Date:
4/29/2025
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:
43.0273936
Std. Longitude:
-91.7093764
Datum:
WGS84
GPS - Positional Error:
10.00
Township:
95N
Range:
7W
Section:
19
PLSS Details:
690 feet south and 90 feet east of the northwest corner of the NE1/4SE1/4
Location Description:
240 feet WNW along field road from trees in gully to the SE, then at right angle to the road in a NNE direction 130 feet
Country:
US—United States
State:
Iowa
County:
IA065—Fayette
MLRA:
105—Upper Mississippi River Bedrock Controlled Uplands and Valleys
Regional Office:
NC—North Central
MLRA Soil Survey Area:
NC-ONA—Onalaska, Wisconsin
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
IA065—Fayette County, Iowa
PEDON
Describers Name:
Unknown
Current Taxonomic Class:
Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Mollic Hapludalfs
Current Taxon Kind:
variant
Pedon Type:
not classified to current taxon name
Pedon Purpose:
laboratory sampling site
Pedon Record Orgin:
Pedon PC 6.0B
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Orwood
PSC -
28 to 78 cm.
Classificaton Date -
8/1/2014
Classifier -
Unknown
Moisture Subclass -
typic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Orwood
Taxonomic Class -
Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Mollic Hapludalfs
Taxon Kind -
variant
PSC -
28 to 78 cm.
Classificaton Date -
8/1/2014
Classifier -
Unknown
Moisture SUBClass -
typic
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
Certification Status:
not certified
QC Status:
not reviewed
QA Status:
not reviewed
SITE
Parent Material:
eolian deposits
Slope Complexity:
simple
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
RaCA Information:
Plot/Site Set Up By -
Unknown
Plot or Site Recorder -
Unknown
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
8/1/2014 (entry creation date)
Data Collector:
Unknown
Surface Cover Properties:
Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 -
crop cover
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Drained? -
no
Bedded Soil? -
no
Forest Plantation? -
no
Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind
Feature Depth L-H
Feature Thickness L-RV-H
cm
ochric epipedon
argillic horizon
—
—
—-
—-
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
%
m
degrees
mm
mm
C
mm
16
—
—
—
—
899
—
155
8
22
-5
12
22
2
558
—
00132864
FAYETTE, IA US
NOAA
Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); 60 percent brown (10YR 4/3) exterior and 20 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior and 20 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) exterior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) rubbed, yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) rubbed, dry; silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; abrupt boundary.
BA—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); 40 percent brown (10YR 5/3) exterior and 40 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior and 20 percent brown (10YR 4/3) exterior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) rubbed silt loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; brown (10YR 4/3), moist,; iron-manganese concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; clear boundary.
Bt1—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); 40 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior and 20 percent brown (10YR 5/3) exterior and 20 percent brown (10YR 4/3) exterior and 20 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) broken face and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) rubbed silt loam; weak prismatic, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; brown (10YR 4/3), moist,; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear boundary.
Bt2—43 to 66 centimeters (16.9 to 26.0 inches); 60 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) exterior and 20 percent brown (10YR 4/3) exterior and 20 percent brown (10YR 5/3) exterior and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) rubbed and brown (10YR 5/3) broken face and brown (10YR 5/3) rubbed silt loam; weak prismatic, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; brown (10YR 5/3), moist,; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; clear boundary. Lab sample # ISU02657
BC—66 to 81 centimeters (26.0 to 31.9 inches); 40 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) exterior and 30 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) exterior and 20 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior and 10 percent brown (10YR 5/3) exterior and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) rubbed silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; clear boundary.
C1—81 to 109 centimeters (31.9 to 42.9 inches); 60 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and 20 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and 15 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and 5 percent brown (10YR 4/3) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) broken face and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) rubbed silt loam; weak coarse platy, and massive; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; clear boundary.
C2—109 to 132 centimeters (42.9 to 52.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and light olive gray (5Y 6/2) and pale brown (10YR 6/3) broken face and pale brown (10YR 6/3) rubbed and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) silt loam; weak coarse platy, and massive; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; clear boundary.
C3—132 to 147 centimeters (52.0 to 57.9 inches); light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and light olive gray (5Y 6/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) broken face and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) rubbed silt loam; weak coarse platy, and massive; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified.