IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Oran
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1979IA061007
  • User Pedon ID: S1979IA061007
  • User Site Association ID: Oran_Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - ISU2015
  • Lab Pedon # - X61471N
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 74833
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 42.3832415
  • Std. Longitude: -91.0653715
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 88N
  • Range: 2W
  • Section: 34
  • PLSS Details: 190 feet north and 1950 feet east of the southwest corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA061—Dubuque
  • MLRA: 104—Eastern Iowa and Minnesota Till Prairies
  • Regional Office: 11—Indianapolis, IN
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-WAV—Waverly, Iowa
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IA061—Dubuque County, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Unknown
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquollic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC6.1B
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Oran
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquollic Hapludalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/27/1979
  • Classifier - Unknown
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sediment loamy over till
  • Landform: interfluve on till plain
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/27/1979 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Unknown
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown 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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    0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loam; moderate medium granular, and moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU02537
    18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; loam; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) fine faint mottles; weak medium platy, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 5.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU02538
    30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) clay loam; light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine distinct and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; brown (10YR 4/3), moist, coats; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU02539
    41 to 64 centimeters (16.1 to 25.2 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) clay loam; strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine distinct and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; moderate coarse subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; light gray (10YR 7/1), dry, silt coats and faint grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.8, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU02540. oxides; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1325351; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1325351
    64 to 81 centimeters (25.2 to 31.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay loam; yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; light gray (10YR 7/1), dry, silt coats and thin light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, clay films; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.1, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU02541. c1 black oxides; continuous - phpvsfiid 1325352; continuous - phpvsfiid 1325352
    81 to 109 centimeters (31.9 to 42.9 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1) clay; strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic structure; firm; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU02542. c1 black oxides
    109 to 140 centimeters (42.9 to 55.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1) clay; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine mottles; structureless massive; firm; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.7, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU02543. f1 black oxides
    140 to 152 centimeters (55.1 to 59.8 inches); light gray (10YR 7/1) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay; structureless massive; firm; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, unspecified. Lab sample # ISU02544. f1 black oxides