IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Finchford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1972IA045021
  • User Pedon ID: S1972IA045021
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - ISU2015
  • Lab Pedon # - X23-159-2
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 75074
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 41.7965170
  • Std. Longitude: -90.2575043
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 81N
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 1600 feet south of northwest corner
  • Location Description: 75 feet east of road
  • 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, Larry Johnson, RL Mendenhall
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Entic Hapludolls
  • 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 - Finchford
  • Classificaton Date - 9/15/1972
  • Classifier - RL Mendenhall
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Finchford
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, mesic Entic Hapludolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/15/1972
  • Classifier - RL Mendenhall
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Landform: terrace
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/15/1972 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: RL Mendenhall
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • 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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) sand, fine sand; 85 percent sand; 5 percent clay; single grain; loose; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU00461
    A1—18 to 56 centimeters (7.1 to 22.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) sand; 85 percent sand; 5 percent clay; single grain; loose; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU00462, ISU00463. many coarse sand grains
    A2—56 to 79 centimeters (22.0 to 31.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) sand; 85 percent sand; 5 percent clay; single grain; loose; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU00464. many coarse sand grains
    BC—79 to 119 centimeters (31.1 to 46.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) sand; 85 percent sand; 5 percent clay; single grain; loose; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU00465, ISU00466. many coarse sand grains
    C—119 to 127 centimeters (46.9 to 50.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) sand, coarse sand; 85 percent sand; 5 percent clay; single grain; loose; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU00467. coarse sand increasing