IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Wapsie
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1973IA089003
User Pedon ID:
S1973IA089003
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
40A1767
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
35925
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:
43.2649994
Std. Longitude:
-92.3075027
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
98N
Range:
12W
Section:
31
PLSS Details:
1050 feet north and 30 feet west of the southeast corner NW1/4
Location Description:
1/2 mile west of the town of Lourdes
State:
Iowa
County:
IA089—Howard
MLRA:
104—Eastern Iowa and Minnesota Till Prairies
Regional Office:
NC—North Central
MLRA Soil Survey Area:
NC-WAV—Waverly, Iowa
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
IA089—Howard County, Iowa
PEDON
Describers Name:
J. D. Highland and C. S. Fisher
Current Taxonomic Class:
Coarse-loamy over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Mollic Hapludalfs
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Type:
OSD pedon
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
Converted from PDP 3.x
Pedon #:
3
Correlated Information:
Soil Name -
Wapsie
PSC -
41 to 79 cm.
Classificaton Date -
11/30/2007
Moisture Class -
udic
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Wapsie
Classificaton Date -
10/1/1973
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
0
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Parent Material:
alluvium
Landscape:
upland
Landform:
stream terrace
Slope Shape Down:
convex
Drainage Class:
well
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
10/1/1973 (actual site observation date)
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
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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 grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, coats on faces of peds and grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry, coats on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14024
A2—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loam; weak medium platy structure; friable; 0.5 fine pores; dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, coats on faces of peds and pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry, coats on faces of peds and very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry, coats on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A14025. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 198128; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 198129; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 198130; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 198128; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 198129; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 198130
B1—33 to 41 centimeters (13.0 to 16.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine pores; 10 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry, coats on faces of peds and 10 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14026. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 198131; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 198131
B21T—41 to 53 centimeters (16.1 to 20.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine and medium pores; dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, clay films on faces of peds and 10 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3), dry, coats on faces of peds; 1 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) iron concretions; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14027. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 190470; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 190470
2B22T—53 to 66 centimeters (20.9 to 26.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) sandy clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.5 fine and medium pores; dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, clay films; 4 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 20 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14028. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 190472; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 190472
2B23T—66 to 79 centimeters (26.0 to 31.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) gravelly sandy loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; clay bridges between sand grains; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 30 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A14029
2B31—79 to 86 centimeters (31.1 to 33.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) gravelly loamy sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; coats between sand grains; 5 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 35 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A14030
2B32—86 to 96 centimeters (33.9 to 37.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) gravelly loamy sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; coats between sand grains; 7 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments and 50 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A14031
2C1—96 to 114 centimeters (37.8 to 44.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) gravelly sand; single grain; loose; coats between sand grains; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A14032
2C2—114 to 152 centimeters (44.9 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) gravelly coarse sand; single grain; loose; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 40A14033