IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MODALE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970IA133004
  • User Pedon ID: S1970IA133004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1498
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 35106
  • 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: 42.1049995
  • Std. Longitude: -96.2324982
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 84N
  • Range: 46W
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: 1905 feet N and 135 feet E of road center from the SW corner
  • Location Description: About 4 miles W-SW 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: Fine-silty over clayey, mixed (calcareous), mesic Aquic Udifluvents
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - MODALE
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/27/2010
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Modale
  • Classificaton Date - 10/28/1970
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

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

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/28/1970 (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
  • 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
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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; weak very fine and fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11707. cloddy.
    C1—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) silt loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11708. horizontal cleavage parting to weak fine granular structure.
    C2—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silt loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; massive; friable; 1 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) worm casts; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11709. horizontal cleavage; few light gray spots.
    2C3g—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate fine and medium angular blocky, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A11710. horizontal cleavage parting to the structure.
    2C4g—76 to 109 centimeters (29.9 to 42.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) silty clay; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate very fine angular blocky structure; very firm; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; abrupt boundary. Lab sample # 40A11711. structure appears to be related to recent sedimentation.
    2C5g—109 to 130 centimeters (42.9 to 51.2 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay, silt loam; 1 percent gray (5Y 5/1) fine prominent and 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate very fine angular blocky structure; firm; grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silt coats on faces of peds; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11712. horizontal cleavage parting to the structure; boundary is smooth to wavy.
    2C6g—130 to 160 centimeters (51.2 to 63.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and brown (10YR 5/3) and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; massive; friable; fragments; strong effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A11713. thin strata of very fine sandy loam to fine sand; horizontal cleavage.