IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sawmill
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1971IA045005
  • User Pedon ID: S1971IA045005
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1971IA045005
  • User Site Association ID: NC-WAV_Sawmill_pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - ISU2015
  • Lab Pedon # - X23-933-1
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 75120
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 41.8378911
  • Std. Longitude: -90.8851921
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 81N
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: 2340 feet south and 1740 feet west of NE corner
  • Location Description: SE1/4NE1/4. About 2075 fet east and 300 feet north of the center of sec. 7 T81N, R1E
  • 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: Wayne Frederick, Larry Johnson
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Cumulic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC6.0B
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sawmill
  • Classificaton Date - 6/2/1971
  • Classifier - Wayne Frederick
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sawmill
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Cumulic Endoaquolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/2/1971
  • Classifier - Wayne Frederick
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-silty alluvium
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Geomorphic Component Flats: talf
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

  • Vegplot Text Note(s): A scan of the original data (i.e. field sheet(s), edits, manuscripts, notes, and other associated data) is available in the scans archive.

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/2/1971 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Wayne D Frederick
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    MESA

    Medicago sativa

    alfalfa

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    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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    0.5

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (N 2/0) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.5, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU00284
    AB—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; weak fine prismatic parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU00285
    BA—30 to 69 centimeters (11.8 to 27.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; weak fine prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; light gray (10YR 7/1), dry, silt coats on all faces of peds; iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU00286, ISU00287. continuous - phpvsfiid 1268498; continuous - phpvsfiid 1268498
    Bw—69 to 84 centimeters (27.2 to 33.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay loam; moderate fine prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; clay films and light gray (10YR 7/1), dry, silt coats; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # ISU00288. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1268499; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1268500; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1268499; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1268500
    BC1—84 to 94 centimeters (33.1 to 37.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) and dark gray (5Y 4/1) exterior silty clay loam; strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # ISU00289
    BC2—94 to 124 centimeters (37.0 to 48.8 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) loam; strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine mottles; massive; friable; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # ISU00290. 37-42 " zone may be a sil; common 5Y2/1 channel fills
    C—124 to 127 centimeters (48.8 to 50.0 inches); iron-manganese concretions; fragments. Concentration of hard Fe-Mn Concretions