IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Muscatune
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1972IA045010
  • User Pedon ID: S1972IA045010
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1972IA045010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - ISU2015
  • Lab Pedon # - X23-919-1
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 75115
  • 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: 41.7657974
  • Std. Longitude: -90.3531549
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 80N
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: SW1/4NW1/4
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA045—Clinton
  • MLRA: 115C—Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes, Northern Part
  • Regional Office: 11—Indianapolis, IN
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-SPI—Springfield, Illinois
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IA045—Clinton County, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Wayne Frederick, John Highland
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC60B
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Muscatune
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/10/2021
  • Classifier - Michael England
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Muscatine
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Aquic Hapludolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/2/1972
  • 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: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Landscape: upland
  • Drainage Class: somewhat 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: 10/2/1972 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Wayne D Frederick
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown crop
  • 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

    AVENA

    Avena

    oat

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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

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; cloddy structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU00397
    A—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU00398
    AB—36 to 53 centimeters (14.2 to 20.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) rubbed silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU00399
    Btg1—53 to 66 centimeters (20.9 to 26.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine faint mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU00400
    Btg2—66 to 91 centimeters (26.0 to 35.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, coats; fine masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU00401
    BCg—91 to 119 centimeters (35.8 to 46.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; organic stains on surfaces along root channels and clay films on surfaces along root channels; fine masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU00402. mottled
    2BC—119 to 140 centimeters (46.9 to 55.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy loam; grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; organic stains on surfaces along root channels and clay films on surfaces along root channels; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU00403. some fine gravel
    2C—140 to 165 centimeters (55.1 to 65.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy loam; strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine mottles; massive; very friable; nonflat 12-?-40 millimeter unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method. Lab sample # ISU00404. few gravel pieces from 1/2 to 1.5" diameter