IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Jameston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: M62IA089_211
  • User Pedon ID: S1962IA089211
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - ISU2015
  • Lab Pedon # - X45-797-1
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 74631
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 43.3488846
  • Std. Longitude: -92.3321915
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 99N
  • Range: 13W
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: 55 feet south of the road fence straight south of gate on north side of road of the northeast corner of NW 1/4 SW 1/4
  • Country: US—United States
  • 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
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43092-C3—Lourdes, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Unknown
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Argiaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Jameston
  • Classificaton Date - 8/17/2010
  • Classifier - Ryan Dermody
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Jameston
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 4/8/2010
  • Classifier - Unknown
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Iowan Erosion Surface, loamy sediments over Pre-Illinoisan glacail till
  • Landscape: 2 upland
  • Landform: 1 drainageway
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/8/2010 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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
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    argillic horizon

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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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); N 2/1 (N 2/1) silty clay loam; 13 percent sand; 59 percent silt; 29 percent clay; weak medium cloddy parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU03804; moist when described; observed in push tube
    A—18 to 38 centimeters (7.1 to 15.0 inches); N 2/1 (N 2/1) silty clay loam; 16 percent sand; 49 percent silt; 35 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU03805
    Btg1—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; 9 percent sand; 58 percent silt; 33 percent clay; 2 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) fine prominent and 4 percent black (10YR 2/1) fine prominent mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 40 percent distinct dark gray (5Y 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent irregular extremely weakly coherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU03806. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1375309; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1375309
    2Btg2—56 to 99 centimeters (22.0 to 39.0 inches); gray (5Y 6/1) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) crushed clay loam; 39 percent sand; 31 percent silt; 30 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 1 percent fine prominent irregular extremely weakly coherent cemented yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 1 percent fine prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU03807
    2Btg3—99 to 137 centimeters (39.0 to 53.9 inches); 50 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 30 percent N 6/1 (N 6/1) and 30 percent gray (5Y 6/1) clay loam; 37 percent sand; 32 percent silt; 31 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic structure; very firm; 45 percent distinct gray (5Y 5/1), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct irregular weakly coherent cemented yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # ISU03808. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1375310; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1375310
    2Cg—137 to 152 centimeters (53.9 to 59.8 inches); 50 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 30 percent N 6/1 (N 6/1) and 20 percent gray (5Y 6/1) clay loam; structureless massive; very firm; 45 percent prominent gray (5Y 5/1), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent irregular extremely weakly coherent cemented yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1375311; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1375311