IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Atterberry
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1972IA045015
  • User Pedon ID: S1972IA045015
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - ISU2015
  • Lab Pedon # - X23-351-1
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 75101
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 41.7720909
  • Std. Longitude: -90.3743820
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 81N
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 33
  • PLSS Details: 40 feet north and 30 feet west of the southeast corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA163—Scott
  • 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: IA163—Scott County, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Wayne Frederick, Larry Johnson, RL Mendenhall
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Udollic Endoaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC 6.0B
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Atterberry
  • Classificaton Date - 10/2/1972
  • Classifier - Wayne Frederick
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Atterberry
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Udollic Endoaqualfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/2/1972
  • Classifier - Wayne Frederick
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Landform: swale
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    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
    • 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 gray (10YR 3/1) silt loam; cloddy structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU00417
    E1—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) rubbed silt loam; weak coarse platy structure; friable; fine brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU00418
    E2—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; coarse platy parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fine dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2), moist, and brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU00419
    EB—41 to 56 centimeters (16.1 to 22.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and brown (10YR 4/3) rubbed silt loam; brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU00420
    Bt1—56 to 74 centimeters (22.0 to 29.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fine dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU00421. mottled
    Bt2—74 to 91 centimeters (29.1 to 35.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; prismatic parts to fine subangular blocky, and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, coats on all faces of peds; fine dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU00422. mottled; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1268360; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1268360
    BC1—91 to 107 centimeters (35.8 to 42.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable; light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist, coats on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # ISU00423. mottled; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1268361; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1268361
    2BC2—107 to 137 centimeters (42.1 to 53.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) sandy loam; grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct and brown (10YR 5/3) fine distinct mottles; coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; clay bridges between sand grains and clay films; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # ISU00424
    2BC3—137 to 152 centimeters (53.9 to 59.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) sandy loam; grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and brown (10YR 5/3) mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; clay bridges between sand grains and clay films; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified. Lab sample # ISU00425. few gravels