IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Jameston
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: M74IA089_228
  • User Pedon ID: S1974IA089228
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - ISU2015
  • Lab Pedon # - X45-797-2
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 74632
  • Print Date: 2/16/2025

    • 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: 43.4094582
  • Std. Longitude: -92.3557739
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 99N
  • Range: 13W
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: 840 feet north and 73 feet east of the southeast corner of NW1/4
  • Country: US—United States
  • 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
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43092-D3—Lime Springs, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Unknown
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Argiaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: family
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Jameston (flagged as OSD)
  • Classificaton Date - 8/17/2010
  • Classifier - Unknown
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Jameston (flagged as OSD)
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Argiaquolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 4/8/2010
  • Classifier - Unknown
  • 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: Iowan Erosion Surface, loamy sediments over Pre-Illinoisan glacial till
  • Landscape: 2 upland
  • Landform: 1 drainageway
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/8/2010 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    argillic horizon

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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

    1

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    90

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    A1—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); N 2/1 (N 2/1) mucky silty clay loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU02096; moist when described; observed in push tube
    A2—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); N 2/1 (N 2/1) silty clay loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU02097
    AB—36 to 46 centimeters (14.2 to 18.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU02098
    Btg1—46 to 56 centimeters (18.1 to 22.0 inches); dark olive gray (5Y 3/2) silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent fine distinct irregular weakly coherent cemented brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU02099
    2Btg2—56 to 64 centimeters (22.0 to 25.2 inches); 60 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and 40 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 35 percent distinct dark gray (5Y 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent fine prominent irregular weakly coherent cemented strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU02100. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1325134; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1325134
    2Btg3—64 to 86 centimeters (25.2 to 33.9 inches); 60 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 40 percent gray (5Y 5/1) clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent distinct dark gray (5Y 4/1), moist, clay films on surfaces along root channels and 30 percent faint gray (5Y 5/1) clay films on vertical faces of peds and 40 percent distinct dark gray (5Y 4/1), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU02101, ISU02102. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1325137; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1325138; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1325139; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1325137; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1325138; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1325139
    2Btg4—86 to 107 centimeters (33.9 to 42.1 inches); 60 percent gray (5Y 5/1) and 40 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; moderate medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 10 percent distinct dark gray (5Y 4/1), moist, clay films on surfaces along root channels and 15 percent distinct gray (5Y 5/1), dry, silt coats on surfaces along pores and 15 percent distinct dark gray (5Y 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 60 percent distinct gray (5Y 5/1), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.7, pH meter; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # ISU02103. continuous - phpvsfiid 1325141; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1325140; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1325142; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1325143; continuous - phpvsfiid 1325141; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1325140; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1325142; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1325143
    2Btg5—107 to 135 centimeters (42.1 to 53.1 inches); 60 percent gray (5Y 5/1) and 40 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; 15 percent prominent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on surfaces along pores and 15 percent prominent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on surfaces along root channels; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, pH meter; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU02104, ISU02105. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1325135; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1325136; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1325135; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1325136
    2Cg1—135 to 168 centimeters (53.1 to 66.1 inches); 60 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and 40 percent gray (5Y 6/1) clay loam; structureless massive; very firm; 1 percent fine prominent irregular moderately coherent cemented 5YR 4/8 (5YR 4/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 1 percent fine prominent spherical strongly coherent cemented dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2), moist, iron-manganese concretions throughout; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, pH meter; diffuse smooth boundary.
    2Cg2—168 to 208 centimeters (66.1 to 81.9 inches); 60 percent N 5/1 (N 5/1) and 40 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay loam; structureless massive; very firm; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.3, pH meter.