IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rathbun
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1969IA185002
  • User Pedon ID: S1969IA185002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1501
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 35109
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024

    • 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: 40.5852776
  • Std. Longitude: -93.3191681
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 67N
  • Range: 21W
  • Section: 19
  • PLSS Details: 680 feet south and 540 feet west of the northeast corner of the SW1/4
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA185—Wayne
  • MLRA: 109—Iowa and Missouri Heavy Till Plain
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IA185—Wayne County, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J.D. Highland, J.R. Culver, and T.E. Fenton
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Aeric Ochraqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Rathbun
  • PSC - 43 to 93 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aeric
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rathbun
  • Classificaton Date - 11/5/1969
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/5/1969 (actual site observation date)
  • Plant Association Name: Woods
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hardwoods
  • 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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    A1—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) rubbed, gray (10YR 6/1), dry; silt loam; moderate thin platy, and moderate very thin platy structure; friable; faint light gray (10YR 7/1), dry, silt coats and 15 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) oxide coats; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11733. patchy - phpvsfiid 175322; patchy - phpvsfiid 175322
    A21—10 to 18 centimeters (3.9 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; moderate thin platy structure; friable; faint light gray (10YR 7/2), dry, silt coats and 15 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) coats and 15 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) oxide coats; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11734. kneaded same as matrix.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 175325; patchy - phpvsfiid 175324; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 175325; patchy - phpvsfiid 175324
    A22—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; weak coarse platy parts to weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; faint light gray (10YR 7/2), dry, silt coats and 15 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) oxide coats; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11735. kneaded same as matrix.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 175327; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 175327
    B1—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and brown (10YR 5/3) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) rubbed silty clay; strong very fine and fine angular blocky, and strong very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; firm; brown (10YR 5/3) coats on faces of peds and faint light gray (10YR 7/1), dry, silt coats and 15 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2) oxide coats; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11736. continuous - phpvsfiid 175330; continuous - phpvsfiid 175330
    B21t—43 to 64 centimeters (16.9 to 25.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) rubbed and brown (10YR 5/3) rubbed silty clay; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine faint mottles; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; prominent clay films and 15 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) oxide coats; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11737. continuous - phpvsfiid 191703; continuous - phpvsfiid 191703
    B22t—64 to 79 centimeters (25.2 to 31.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) rubbed and brown (10YR 5/3) rubbed silty clay; 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine faint mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; prominent clay films and 15 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) oxide coats; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11738. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 191704; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 191704
    B23t—79 to 91 centimeters (31.1 to 35.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) rubbed silty clay; 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine faint mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint clay films and 37 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) oxide coats; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11739. deoxidized and leached weathering zone.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 191706; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 191706
    B31t—91 to 112 centimeters (35.8 to 44.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) rubbed silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films and 37 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) oxide coats; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11740. deoxidized and leached weathering zone.; patchy - phpvsfiid 191708; patchy - phpvsfiid 191708
    B32t—112 to 137 centimeters (44.1 to 53.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and brown (10YR 5/3) rubbed silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 15 percent faint clay films on vertical faces of peds and 15 percent black (5YR 2/1) manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds and 37 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) oxide coats; 1 percent weakly coherent cemented black (5YR 2/1) iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11741. deoxidized and leached weathering zone.; patchy - phpvsfiid 191710; patchy - phpvsfiid 191710
    B33t—137 to 160 centimeters (53.9 to 63.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and brown (10YR 5/3) rubbed silt loam, silty clay loam; 25 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine and medium prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; faint light gray (10YR 7/1) silt coats on faces of peds and 15 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) oxide coats and 37 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) oxide coats; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A11742. deoxidized and leached weathering zone; few clay flows in root channels.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 191715; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 191715