IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ambraw
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1971IA045001
  • User Pedon ID: S1971IA045001
  • User Site Association ID: NC-WAV_Elvira_pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - ISU2015
  • Lab Pedon # - X23-962-1
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 75125
  • Print Date: 4/2/2025

    • 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: 41.9279191
  • Std. Longitude: -90.8545098
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 82N
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: NW1/4
  • Location Description: high terrace on Wapsie River
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA045—Clinton
  • MLRA: 104—Eastern Iowa and Minnesota Till Prairies
  • Regional Office: 11—Indianapolis, IN
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-WAV—Waverly, Iowa
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IA045—Clinton County, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Unknown
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Fluvaquentic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC6.0B
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ambraw
  • Classificaton Date - 11/29/2023
  • Classifier - Ryan Dermody
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Elvira
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Endoaquolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/2/1971
  • Classifier - Unknown
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landform: high terrace
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/2/1971 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Unknown
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); black (N 2/0) silty clay loam; cloddy structure; friable; fragments. Lab sample # ISU00256
    A1—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); black (N 2/0) silty clay loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 25 percent very fine yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # ISU00257
    A2—30 to 38 centimeters (11.8 to 15.0 inches); black (N 2/0) silty clay loam; 5Y 4/8 (5Y 4/8) fine distinct mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent fine distinct 5Y 4/8 (5Y 4/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # ISU00258
    A3—38 to 61 centimeters (15.0 to 24.0 inches); very dark gray (N 3/0) and dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 25 percent fine yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # ISU00259
    Bw—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); yellowish red (5YR 5/8) clay loam; massive; friable; 15 percent fine dark reddish brown (5YR 3/2), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # ISU00260
    Cg1—76 to 99 centimeters (29.9 to 39.0 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) silt loam; massive; friable; 15 percent fine light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments. Lab sample # ISU00261
    Cg2—99 to 152 centimeters (39.0 to 59.8 inches); dark gray (N 4/0) silt loam; massive; friable; fragments. Lab sample # ISU00262. CaCO3 at 84"