IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Richwood
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1977IA043002
  • User Pedon ID: S1977IA043002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1977IA043002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - ISU2015
  • Lab Pedon # - X22-977-1
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 75064
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 42.8621905
  • Std. Longitude: -91.3841086
  • Datum: WGS84
  • GPS - Positional Error: 10.00
  • Township: 93N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 24
  • PLSS Details: 260 feet south and 250 feet west of the northeast corner NW1/4NW1/4
  • 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 Typic Argiudolls
  • 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 - Richwood
  • PSC - 61 to 111 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/20/1977
  • Classifier - Unknown
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Richwood
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 61 to 111 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/20/1977
  • Classifier - Unknown
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Pedon Vegetation and Crop Cover Information:
  • Agronomic Feature - crop row on bed or ridge
  • Current Crop - corn
  • 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: 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: 4/20/1977 (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 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Extra Moisture Source: none
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ZEMA

    Zea mays

    corn

    grass/grasslike

    100

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

    mollic 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

    1

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    899

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    155

    8

    22

    -5

    12

    22

    2

    558

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    00132603

    ELKADER 6 SSW, IA US

    NOAA
    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU00762
    A1—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; black (10YR 2/1), moist, coats; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU00763
    A2—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; weak fine granular, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, coats; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU00764
    AB—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU00765
    Bt1—61 to 79 centimeters (24.0 to 31.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; brown (10YR 4/3), moist, coats and dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, clay films; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU00766. heavy sil; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1248827; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1248827
    Bt2—79 to 94 centimeters (31.1 to 37.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, coats and brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU00767. heavy sil; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1248829; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1248829
    BC—94 to 112 centimeters (37.0 to 44.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct mottles; weak fine prismatic structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU00768
    C—112 to 152 centimeters (44.1 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct mottles; massive; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified. Lab sample # ISU00769. light sil; some sand stratification in lower part; reddish sands and gravel at 80"