IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bassett
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1978IA055003
  • User Pedon ID: S1978IA055003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - ISU2015
  • Lab Pedon # - X28-171B-1
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 75136
  • Print Date: 1/30/2025

    • 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: 42.3533658
  • Std. Longitude: -92.5647297
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 87N
  • Range: 6W
  • Section: 17
  • PLSS Details: 330 south and 1518 feet west of the NE corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA055—Delaware
  • 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: IA055—Delaware County, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Unknown
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Mollic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Digital Pen
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bassett
  • Classificaton Date - 6/7/2013
  • Classifier - Unknown
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bassett
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Mollic Hapludalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/15/1978
  • Classifier - Unknown
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Pedon Vegetation and Crop Cover Information:
  • Current Crop - corn
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/15/1978 (actual site observation date)
  • 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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—20

    20—81

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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
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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU00784
    Bt1—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4), dry; loam; weak medium platy structure; friable; 55 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organoargillans on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU00785
    Bt2—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 20 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organoargillans on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU00786
    2Bt3—46 to 64 centimeters (18.1 to 25.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU00787
    2Bt4—64 to 81 centimeters (25.2 to 31.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent distinct brown (10YR 5/3) clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent prominent black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese nodules throughout and 1 percent prominent red (2.5YR 4/6) iron-manganese nodules throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU00788
    2BC1—81 to 107 centimeters (31.9 to 42.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) sandy loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent distinct brown (10YR 5/3) clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent distinct 5/6 5/6 masses of oxidized iron throughout and 2 percent prominent black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese nodules throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU00789
    2BC2—107 to 119 centimeters (42.1 to 46.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy clay loam; weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 10 percent distinct brown (10YR 5/3) clay films on all faces of peds; 1 percent prominent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) iron depletions throughout and 1 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron throughout and 2 percent prominent black (10YR 2/1) iron-manganese nodules throughout; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU00790
    2C—119 to 152 centimeters (46.9 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sandy loam; massive; firm; 1 percent prominent light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) iron depletions throughout and 1 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4. Lab sample # ISU00791