IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Ely
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S1978IA061011
User Pedon ID:
S1978IA061011
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
ISU2015
Lab Pedon # -
X61428-1
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
74831
Print Date:
2/16/2025
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:
42.3214728
Std. Longitude:
-90.8419644
Datum:
WGS84
GPS - Positional Error:
10.00
Township:
87N
Range:
1E
Section:
28
PLSS Details:
920 feet south and 430 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:
TUD pedon
Pedon Purpose:
laboratory sampling site
Pedon Record Orgin:
Pedon PC 5.1
Pedon #:
1
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:
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
Certification Status:
not certified
QC Status:
not reviewed
QA Status:
not reviewed
SITE
Parent Material:
silty colluvium
Landscape:
upland
Hill Slope Profile:
footslope
Slope Complexity:
simple
Slope Shape Across:
convex
Slope Shape Down:
convex
Drainage Class:
somewhat poorly
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
RaCA Information:
Plot/Site Set Up By -
Unknown
Plot or Site Recorder -
Unknown
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
11/13/1978 (actual site observation date)
Data Collector:
Unknown
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
Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind
Feature Depth L-H
Feature Thickness L-RV-H
cm
mollic epipedon
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
4
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—
—
—
225
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), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silt loam; 26 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU02495. slightly acid
A1—18 to 41 centimeters (7.1 to 16.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay loam; 29 percent clay; weak fine granular, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU02496. medium acid
A2—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay loam; 30 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU02497. medium acid
AB—61 to 81 centimeters (24.0 to 31.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; 29 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU02498. slightly acid
Bg1—81 to 94 centimeters (31.9 to 37.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam; 29 percent clay; grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine distinct and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, coats on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU02499. slightly acid
Bg2—94 to 107 centimeters (37.0 to 42.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay loam; 30 percent clay; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic structure; friable; thin dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU02500. neutral; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1110745; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1110745
Bg3—107 to 119 centimeters (42.1 to 46.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; 28 percent clay; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic structure; friable; thin dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU02501. neutral; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1110746; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1110746
BCg—119 to 145 centimeters (46.9 to 57.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silt loam; 24 percent clay; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic structure; friable; thin grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, silt coats on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU02502. neutral; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1110747; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1110747
C—145 to 152 centimeters (57.1 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silt loam; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; massive; friable; fragments. Lab sample # ISU02503. massive with some vertical cleavage; neutral