IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ankeny
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1965IA089908
  • User Pedon ID: S1965IA089908
  • User Site Association ID: 11-WAV_Ankeny_Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - ISU2015
  • Lab Pedon # - X45-136-1
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 75241
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024
  • 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: 43.3395510
  • Std. Longitude: -92.0980511
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 98N
  • Range: 11W
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: NW1/4th of NW 1/4th
  • Location Description: 140 ft N of the Turkey River
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA089—Howard
  • 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: IA089—Howard County, Iowa
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Unknown
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Cumulic Hapludolls
  • 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 - Ankeny
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/31/2022
  • Classifier - Ryan Dermody
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ankeny
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Cumulic Hapludolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1964
  • Classifier - Unknown
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: not reviewed


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: coarse-loamy alluvium
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: terrace
  • Geomorphic Component Terraces: tread
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1964 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Bruns and Buckner
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Ap

    A2

    A3

    B1

    B2

    0

    23

    53

    79

    97

    23

    53

    79

    97

    130

    Iowa State University

    Iowa State University

    Iowa State University

    Iowa State University

    Iowa State University

    12

    14.3

    14

    14.1

    15.2

    13.8

    18.5

    17.3

    16.9

    15.3

    4.9

    7.6

    7.2

    6

    6

    8.9

    10.9

    10.1

    10.9

    9.3

    74.2

    67.2

    68.7

    69

    69.5

    hydrometer

    hydrometer

    hydrometer

    hydrometer

    hydrometer

    sl

    sl

    sl

    sl

    sl

    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    Ap

    A2

    A3

    B1

    B2

    0

    23

    53

    79

    97

    23

    53

    79

    97

    130

    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    Ap

    A2

    A3

    B1

    B2

    0

    23

    53

    79

    97

    23

    53

    79

    97

    130

    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    0—79

    —79—

    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

    1.5

    2

    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) sandy loam; weak fine granular, and weak very fine granular structure; very friable; few fine pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, pH indicator solutions; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU03492
    A2—23 to 53 centimeters (9.1 to 20.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) sandy loam; weak fine granular, and weak very fine granular structure; very friable; few fine pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, pH indicator solutions; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU03493
    A3—53 to 79 centimeters (20.9 to 31.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) sandy loam; weak fine granular, and weak very fine granular structure; very friable; few fine pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU03494
    B1—79 to 97 centimeters (31.1 to 38.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior and very dark brown (10YR 2/2) exterior sandy loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, pH indicator solutions; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU03495
    B2—97 to 130 centimeters (38.2 to 51.2 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) exterior and dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; common fine pores; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU03496
    C1—130 to 150 centimeters (51.2 to 59.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loamy fine sand; massive; very friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, pH indicator solutions; abrupt smooth boundary.
    2C2—150 to 180 centimeters (59.1 to 70.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loamy fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, pH indicator solutions. Some very coarse sand below 67 inches (170 cm).