IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Appanoose
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1969IA007003
  • User Pedon ID: S1969IA007003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1477
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 35085
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024
  • 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: 40.6588898
  • Std. Longitude: -92.9994431
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 68N
  • Range: 19W
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: 300 feet south and 460 feet east of the northwest corner of the NW1/4SW1/4
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA007—Appanoose
  • MLRA: 109—Iowa and Missouri Heavy Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IA007—Appanoose County, Iowa
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J.I. Highland, J.R. Culver, and T.E. Fenton
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Mollic Albaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Appanoose
  • PSC - 38 to 88 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/30/2007
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Appanoose
  • Classificaton Date - 11/4/1969
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/4/1969 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
  • 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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) rubbed, grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; weak coarse platy parts to weak thin platy structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; 15 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) oxide coats; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11489
    A2—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2), light gray (10YR 7/1) and light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; silt loam; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine faint mottles; moderate medium platy parts to weak thin platy structure; friable; faint light gray (10YR 7/1), dry, silt coats on faces of peds and 37 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) oxide coats; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11490. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 175229; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 175229
    B1—36 to 38 centimeters (14.2 to 15.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; 10 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine faint mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; white (10YR 8/1), dry, silt coats on faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11491. continuous - phpvsfiid 175231; continuous - phpvsfiid 175231
    B21tg—38 to 51 centimeters (15.0 to 20.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) and very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct and 10 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine distinct mottles; strong very fine angular blocky, and strong very fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; clay films and 37 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) oxide coats; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11492. continuous - phpvsfiid 175233; continuous - phpvsfiid 175233
    B22tg—51 to 66 centimeters (20.1 to 26.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay; 25 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) and 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) mottles; strong very fine and fine angular blocky, and strong very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm; prominent clay films and 15 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) oxide coats; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11493. some dark gray (10YR 4/1) on faces of peds.; continuous - phpvsfiid 175234; continuous - phpvsfiid 175234
    B23tg—66 to 84 centimeters (26.0 to 33.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silty clay; 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent and 25 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay films and 15 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) oxide coats and 15 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) oxide coats; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11494. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 175236; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 175236
    B31tg—84 to 104 centimeters (33.1 to 40.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silty clay loam; 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent and 25 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very hard, firm; 15 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay films in root channels and/or pores and 15 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) oxide coats and 15 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) oxide coats; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11495
    B32tg—104 to 150 centimeters (40.9 to 59.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silty clay loam; 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent and 25 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm; 15 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) oxide coats and 15 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) oxide coats; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11496. slight decrease in clay; increase in oxides.
    C—150 to 173 centimeters (59.1 to 68.1 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) silty clay loam; 10 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium prominent and 10 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) medium prominent mottles; massive; 15 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) oxide coats; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A11497. deoxidized and leached weathering zone; vertical cleavage.