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
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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.