IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Festina
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973IA043009
  • User Pedon ID: S1973IA043009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1973IA043009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - ISU2015
  • Lab Pedon # - X22-163B-7
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 75043
  • Print Date: 9/24/2024

    • 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: 43.0134976
  • Std. Longitude: -91.5665087
  • Datum: WGS84
  • GPS - Positional Error: 10.00
  • Township: 95N
  • Range: 6W
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: 725 feet north and 400 feet west of southeast corner NW1/4SW1/4
  • Location Description: bench above small stream
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA043—Clayton
  • MLRA: 105—Upper Mississippi River Bedrock Controlled Uplands and Valleys
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-ONA—Onalaska, Wisconsin
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IA043—Clayton County, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Unknown
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Mollic Hapludalfs
  • 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 - Festina
  • PSC - 33 to 83 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/18/2018
  • Classifier - Shaunna Repking
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Fayette
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 33 to 83 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/17/1973
  • Classifier - Unknown
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Pedon Vegetation and Crop Cover Information:
  • Agronomic Feature - close grown annual crop, or crop-fallow
  • Current Crop - alfalfa
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Peoria silty loess
  • Landform: bench
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • RaCA Information:
  • Plot/Site Set Up By - Unknown
  • Plot or Site Recorder - Unknown

    • 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: 9/17/1973 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Unknown
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Hydrology Status: unaltered
  • 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

    MEDIC

    Medicago

    alfalfa

    forb

    100

    overstory
    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

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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

    3

    —

    —

    —

    —

    225

    899

    —

    155

    8

    22

    -5

    12

    22

    2

    558

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    00132603

    ELKADER 6 SSW, IA US

    NOAA
    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and brown (10YR 4/3), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; 4 percent sand; 22 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; friable; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) coats; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU00534. 10YR4/3 mixings
    AB—23 to 33 centimeters (9.1 to 13.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) rubbed silt loam; 3 percent sand; 26 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; brown (10YR 4/3), moist, coats; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU00535. heavy sil
    Bt1—33 to 56 centimeters (13.0 to 22.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; 2 percent sand; 29 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate fine angular blocky structure; friable; light gray (10YR 7/1), dry, silt coats and brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU00536. lt sicl; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1248796; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1248796
    Bt2—56 to 79 centimeters (22.0 to 31.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 2 percent sand; 29 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; white (10YR 8/1), dry, silt coats and brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU00537. lt sicl; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1248798; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1248798
    BC—79 to 104 centimeters (31.1 to 40.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; 2 percent sand; 26 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable; white (10YR 8/1), dry, silt coats and brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU00538. heavy sil; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1248800; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1248800
    C1—104 to 168 centimeters (40.9 to 66.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) silt loam; 3 percent sand; 21 percent clay; brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; massive; friable; white (10YR 8/1), dry, silt coats; reddish brown (5YR 4/4), moist, oxide masses; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU00539
    C2—168 to 201 centimeters (66.1 to 79.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; 8 percent sand; 16 percent clay; strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct and brown (10YR 5/3) fine distinct mottles; massive; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU00540. lt. sil
    C3—201 to 290 centimeters (79.1 to 114.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; 9 percent sand; 10 percent clay; light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct mottles; massive; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # ISU00541. lt. sil
    C4—290 to 310 centimeters (114.2 to 122.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt; 10 percent sand; 10 percent clay; brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; massive; friable; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # ISU00542
    C5—310 to 356 centimeters (122.0 to 140.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sandy loam; 60 percent sand; 12 percent clay; single grain; loose; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, unspecified. Lab sample # ISU00543