IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Rowley
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1976IA043006
  • User Pedon ID: S1976IA043006
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1976IA043006
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - ISU2015
  • Lab Pedon # - X22-826-1
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 75059
  • Print Date: 11/27/2024

    • 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: 42.7900372
  • Std. Longitude: -91.5563070
  • Datum: WGS84
  • GPS - Positional Error: 10.00
  • Township: 92N
  • Range: 6W
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: 38 feet south and 2539 feet west of the northeast corner
  • 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 Aquic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC 5.1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Rowley
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/27/1976
  • Classifier - Unknown
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Rowley
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Argiudolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/27/1976
  • Classifier - Unknown
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • 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: silty alluvium
  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • 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: 9/27/1976 (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

    mollic epipedon

    aquic conditions

    argillic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

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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

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —

    899

    —

    155

    8

    22

    -5

    12

    22

    2

    558

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    00132603

    ELKADER 6 SSW, IA US

    NOAA
    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU00712
    A—20 to 33 centimeters (7.9 to 13.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary.
    AB—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU00713
    BA—48 to 58 centimeters (18.9 to 22.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine distinct mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU00714
    Bt1—58 to 71 centimeters (22.8 to 28.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; iron-manganese concretions; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU00715. few dark concretions (manganese oxide); slightly acid
    Bt2—71 to 91 centimeters (28.0 to 35.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine distinct and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU00716
    BC—91 to 124 centimeters (35.8 to 48.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silt loam; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic structure; friable; iron-manganese concretions; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU00717. few dark reddish concretions (iron oxide); neutral
    2C—124 to 152 centimeters (48.8 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) stratified stratified silt loam to loamy sand; massive; friable; iron-manganese concretions; fragments. Lab sample # ISU00718. common dark reddish concretions (iron oxide); neutral