IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Wiota
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1976IA103003
  • User Pedon ID: S1976IA103003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1773
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 35931
  • Print Date: 1/31/2025

    • 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: 41.5686111
  • Std. Longitude: -91.5191650
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 78N
  • Range: 6W
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: NE1/4NE1/4
  • Location Description: (3 feet east and 94 feet south, north edge of utility pole along dirt road to north.
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA103—Johnson
  • MLRA: 108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-WAV—Waverly, Iowa
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IA103—Johnson County, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J. D. Highland, T. E. Fenton
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Wiota
  • PSC - 99 to 122 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Wiota
  • Classificaton Date - 5/11/1976
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landform: terrace
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/11/1976 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14108
    A12—23 to 42 centimeters (9.1 to 16.5 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; black (10YR 2/1) coats on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14109
    A3—42 to 59 centimeters (16.5 to 23.2 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silty clay loam; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; very dark brown (10YR 2/2) coats on faces of peds and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) coats on faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14110
    B21—59 to 84 centimeters (23.2 to 33.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; 1 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine faint mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) coats on faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14111
    2B22—84 to 99 centimeters (33.1 to 39.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; 1 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) fine distinct and 21 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine distinct and 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; light gray (10YR 7/1) clay films and , dry, coats on faces of peds; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14112. patchy - phpvsfiid 190496; patchy - phpvsfiid 190496
    2B3T—99 to 122 centimeters (39.0 to 48.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; 21 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine distinct and 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium and coarse angular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14113. patchy - phpvsfiid 190498; patchy - phpvsfiid 190498
    2C1—122 to 157 centimeters (48.0 to 61.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) stony sandy loam; massive; very friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A14114
    OL—157 to 282 centimeters (61.8 to 111.0 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments. Lab sample # 40A14115
    OL—282 to 330 centimeters (111.0 to 129.9 inches); pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments. Lab sample # 40A14116
    OL—330 to 450 centimeters (129.9 to 177.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) coarse sand; single grain; loose; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter unspecified fragments. Lab sample # 40A14117