IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Oran
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1965IA089925
  • User Pedon ID: S1965IA089925
  • User Site Association ID: NC-WAV_Oran_Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - ISU2015
  • Lab Pedon # - X45-471-1
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 75267
  • Print Date: 5/8/2025
  • 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: 43.3345700
  • Std. Longitude: -92.5541300
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 98N
  • Range: 14W
  • Section: 6
  • PLSS Details: NW1/4SW1/4
  • 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: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquollic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC 6.0B
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Oran
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquollic Hapludalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 12/10/2014
  • Classifier - Unknown
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy pedisediment over firm loamy till
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/10/2014 (entry creation date)
  • Data Collector: Unknown
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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

    B1

    2B21

    2Bt22

    2Bt23

    2Bt23

    2B3

    0

    18

    33

    43

    58

    81

    94

    109

    18

    33

    43

    58

    81

    94

    109

    135

    796

    797

    798

    799

    800

    801

    802

    803

    Iowa State University

    Iowa State University

    Iowa State University

    Iowa State University

    Iowa State University

    Iowa State University

    Iowa State University

    Iowa State University

    19.4

    27.7

    25

    20.4

    21.6

    22.3

    26.8

    26

    54.7

    48.4

    36.9

    21.2

    28.9

    35.4

    40.6

    27

    25.9

    23.9

    38.1

    58.4

    49.5

    42.3

    32.6

    47

    7.5

    5.5

    5.2

    5.2

    5.2

    5.4

    5.7

    6.3

    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

    B1

    2B21

    2Bt22

    2Bt23

    2Bt23

    2B3

    0

    18

    33

    43

    58

    81

    94

    109

    18

    33

    43

    58

    81

    94

    109

    135

    796

    797

    798

    799

    800

    801

    802

    803

    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

    B1

    2B21

    2Bt22

    2Bt23

    2Bt23

    2B3

    0

    18

    33

    43

    58

    81

    94

    109

    18

    33

    43

    58

    81

    94

    109

    135

    796

    797

    798

    799

    800

    801

    802

    803

    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

    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.5; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU03611
    A2—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry; clay loam; weak medium platy structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # ISU03612
    B1—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct and 1 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) distinct and 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry, and very pale brown (10YR 8/3), dry, silt coats on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU03613
    2B21—43 to 58 centimeters (16.9 to 22.8 inches); sandy clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 10YR 4/8 (10YR 4/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU03614. very few small pebble band in upper fringe. (Stone line)
    2Bt22—58 to 81 centimeters (22.8 to 31.9 inches); sandy clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) on all faces of peds; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) masses of oxidized iron and black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU03615
    2Bt23—81 to 94 centimeters (31.9 to 37.0 inches); loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) on all faces of peds; black (10YR 2/1) manganese masses; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # ISU03616
    2Bt23—94 to 109 centimeters (37.0 to 42.9 inches); loam; moderate coarse prismatic structure; firm; grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) on all faces of peds; black (5YR 2/1) manganese masses; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU03617
    2B3—109 to 132 centimeters (42.9 to 52.0 inches); loam; massive; firm; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3. Lab sample # ISU03618