IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): KEG
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970IA133002
  • User Pedon ID: S1970IA133002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1486
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 35094
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 42.1624985
  • Std. Longitude: -96.1361084
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 85N
  • Range: 46W
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: 265 feet S and 145 feet W of the NE corner of the SE 1/4
  • Location Description: About 1/2 mile E and 2 miles N of E edge of Whiting, IA.
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA133—Monona
  • MLRA: 107—Iowa and Missouri Deep Loess Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IA133—Monona County, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J.R. Culver, C.S. Fisher, J.R. Worster, and F.F. Riecken
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - KEG
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Keg
  • Classificaton Date - 10/27/1970
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/27/1970 (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 19 centimeters (0.0 to 7.5 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) and very dark brown (10YR 2/2) crushed and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed silt loam; weak very fine subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11576
    A12—19 to 36 centimeters (7.5 to 14.2 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11577
    B2—36 to 55 centimeters (14.2 to 21.7 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and very dark brown (10YR 2/2) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) crushed silt loam; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11578. few circular krotovinas about 7 mm in diameter of grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) material.
    B3—55 to 80 centimeters (21.7 to 31.5 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silt loam; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine faint mottles; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; brown (10YR 5/3) coats in root channels and/or pores and 15 percent coats on faces of peds; 10 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) worm casts; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11579
    C1—80 to 112 centimeters (31.5 to 44.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) silt loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine distinct mottles; massive; very friable; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; brown (7.5YR 4/4) coats in root channels and/or pores; 1 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) worm casts and 1 percent carbonate masses; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11580
    C2—112 to 139 centimeters (44.1 to 54.7 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and brown (10YR 5/3) crushed silt loam; massive; very friable; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; brown (7.5YR 4/4) coats in root channels and/or pores; 5 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11581. small dark krotovina about 3 inches in diameter.
    C3—139 to 160 centimeters (54.7 to 63.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silt loam; 1 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine faint mottles; massive; very friable; very fine tubular pores; brown (7.5YR 4/4) coats in root channels and/or pores; 1 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11582. small dark krotovina about 2 inches in diameter.
    C4—160 to 190 centimeters (63.0 to 74.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silt loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine and medium distinct mottles; massive; very friable; fragments; strong effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A11583. distinct evidence of stratification.