IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Riceville
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: M69_IA089_075
  • User Pedon ID: S1969IA089075
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - ISU2015
  • Lab Pedon # - X45-784-3
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 74630
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 43.3706932
  • Std. Longitude: -92.3187332
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 99N
  • Range: 13W
  • Section: 25
  • PLSS Details: 510 feet West and 73 feet South of the NE corner
  • Location Description: Howard County, Iowa
  • 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

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Unknown
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Udollic Endoaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Riceville
  • Classificaton Date - 6/29/2010
  • Classifier - Ryan Dermody
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Riceville
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 1/5/2010
  • Classifier - Unknown
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: 14 to 24 inches of loamy material over very firm clay loam glacial till
  • Landscape: upland
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/5/2010 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) and very dark brown (10YR 2/2) rubbed, dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; loam; 20 percent sand; 28 percent clay; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 7.0 roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU03789
    E—15 to 23 centimeters (5.9 to 9.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) loam; 17 percent sand; 29 percent clay; weak medium platy structure; friable; 30 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU03790
    EB—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and brown (10YR 4/3) loam; 14 percent sand; 32 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 30 percent distinct dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) sand coats on all faces of peds and 30 percent distinct dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silt coats on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU03791
    Btg1—38 to 51 centimeters (15.0 to 20.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) clay loam; 26 percent sand; 36 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 55 percent distinct dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silt coats on all faces of peds and 55 percent distinct dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) sand coats on all faces of peds; 10 percent fine prominent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU03792
    2Btg2—51 to 69 centimeters (20.1 to 27.2 inches); variegated gray (5Y 5/1) exterior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; 35 percent sand; 37 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 10 percent distinct clay films; 1 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # ISU03793
    2Btg3—69 to 107 centimeters (27.2 to 42.1 inches); variegated gray (5Y 5/1) exterior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; 35 percent sand; 35 percent clay; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 10 percent sand coats on all faces of peds and 10 percent distinct very dark gray (N 3/) clay films on all faces of peds and 10 percent distinct very dark gray (N 3/) clay films on surfaces along root channels and 30 percent distinct silt coats on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # ISU03794, ISU03795
    2BCg—107 to 152 centimeters (42.1 to 59.8 inches); variegated yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and gray (5Y 5/1) clay loam; 37 percent sand; 31 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3. Lab sample # ISU03796, ISU03797