IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ely
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978IA061010
  • User Pedon ID: S1978IA061010
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1978IA061010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - ISU2015
  • Lab Pedon # - X61428-2
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 74832
  • Print Date: 11/11/2024

    • 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: 42.4910723
  • Std. Longitude: -90.8830727
  • Datum: WGS84
  • GPS - Positional Error: 10.00
  • Township: 89N
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: 2150 feet north and 1320 feet west of the northeast corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA061—Dubuque
  • 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: IA061—Dubuque County, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Unknown
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Cumulic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC6.0B
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ely
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/13/1978
  • Classifier - Unknown
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ely
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Cumulic Hapludolls
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/13/1978
  • Classifier - Unknown
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • 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: alluvium
  • Hill Slope Profile: footslope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • 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: 11/13/1978 (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

    argillic horizon

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    —

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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

    4

    —

    —

    —

    —

    180

    899

    —

    155

    8

    22

    -5

    12

    22

    2

    558

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    NOAA
    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1); weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, chlorophenol red; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU02488
    A1—18 to 38 centimeters (7.1 to 15.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silt loam; moderate fine granular, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU02489
    A2—38 to 56 centimeters (15.0 to 22.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate fine angular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU02490
    AB—56 to 66 centimeters (22.0 to 26.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; strong fine angular blocky, and prismatic structure; friable; faint dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, coats; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU02491
    Bt—66 to 91 centimeters (26.0 to 35.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium angular blocky structure; friable; faint dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, coats on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU02492. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1268585; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1268585
    BC—91 to 122 centimeters (35.8 to 48.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; brown (10YR 5/3) fine faint and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic structure; friable; dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, coats on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, chlorophenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU02493. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1268586; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1268586
    C—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; brown (10YR 5/3) fine faint and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; massive; friable; faint dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, coats on surfaces along root channels; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, chlorophenol red. Lab sample # ISU02494. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1268587; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1268587