IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Franklin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1978IA061027
  • User Pedon ID: S1978IA061027
  • User Site Association ID: 11-WAV_Franklin_Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - ISU2015
  • Lab Pedon # - X61961
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 74847
  • 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: 42.4394836
  • Std. Longitude: -91.0114822
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 88N
  • Range: 1W
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: 378 feet east and 468 feet south of the NW corner
  • Location Description:
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA061—Dubuque
  • 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: IA061—Dubuque County, Iowa
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42091-D1—Dyersville East, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Unknown
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Udollic Endoaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Franklin
  • PSC - 48 to 98 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/1/2020
  • Classifier - Leland Camp
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Franklin
  • Taxonomic Class - Mesic
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 4/23/2010
  • Classifier - Unknown
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-silty loess over loamy till
  • Landscape: dissected till plain
  • Landform: interfluve
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

  • Ecological Sites. (Click Ecological Site ID For Link to EDIT.)
    Ecological Site ID Ecological Site Name Correlation Data Classifier
    R104XY007IA Loamy Upland Savanna Lisa Klussner

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/23/2010 (entry creation 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
    • 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 gray (10YR 3/1) silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU02504
    A2—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak thin platy structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU02505
    B1—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak fine angular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU02506
    Bt21—43 to 64 centimeters (16.9 to 25.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; 30 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine faint mottles; moderate fine angular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU02507. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1361732; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1361732
    2B22—64 to 89 centimeters (25.2 to 35.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) loam, sandy loam; 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak medium angular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU02508
    2B31—89 to 122 centimeters (35.0 to 48.0 inches); variegated yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) loam; weak medium prismatic structure; firm; very pale brown (10YR 8/2) silt coats on all faces of peds and very pale brown (10YR 8/2) sand coats on all faces of peds and 10 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay films on surfaces along root channels and 10 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.2; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU02509
    2B32—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) loam; 10 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 10 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay films on surfaces along root channels; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8. Lab sample # ISU02510