IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ely
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1980IA055001
  • User Pedon ID: S1980IA055001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1980IA055001
  • User Site Association ID: NC-WAV_Ely_pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - ISU2015
  • Lab Pedon # - X2-248B-1
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 75052
  • Print Date: 2/1/2025

    • 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: 42.6396005
  • Std. Longitude: -91.2178170
  • Datum: WGS84
  • GPS - Positional Error: 10.00
  • Township: 90N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 400 feet north and 1190 feet east of the center
  • Location Description: 2225 feet south and 1725 feet west of the NE corner of
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA055—Delaware
  • 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: IA055—Delaware 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
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ely
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/19/2013
  • Classifier - Unknown
  • 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 - 2/19/2013
  • Classifier - Unknown
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • 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: silty alluvium
  • Landscape: dissected till plain
  • Landform: drainageway
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • 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: 1/3/1980 (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
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Ap

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    AB

    Bw1

    Bw2

    BC

    C

    0

    20

    51

    66

    84

    104

    124

    20

    51

    66

    84

    104

    124

    152

    30869

    30870

    30871

    30872

    30873

    30874

    30875

    Iowa State University

    Iowa State University

    Iowa State University

    Iowa State University

    Iowa State University

    Iowa State University

    Iowa State University

    27.5

    29.2

    27.6

    30.8

    30.7

    34.4

    28.1

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    69.5

    68.5

    69.8

    66.9

    66.9

    63.6

    67

    33.5

    35.4

    35.5

    35.1

    36.7

    40.2

    27.7

    36

    33.1

    34.3

    31.8

    30.2

    23.4

    39.3

    3

    2.3

    2.6

    2.3

    2.4

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    Ap

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    Bw1

    Bw2

    BC

    C

    0

    20

    51

    66

    84

    104

    124

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    66

    84

    104

    124

    152

    30869

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    30871

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    30873

    30874

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    Ap

    A

    AB

    Bw1

    Bw2

    BC

    C

    0

    20

    51

    66

    84

    104

    124

    20

    51

    66

    84

    104

    124

    152

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    30870

    30871

    30872

    30873

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    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

    cambic horizon

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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

    3.5

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    180

    899

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    155

    8

    22

    -5

    12

    22

    2

    558

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    00132364

    DUBUQUE LOCK AND DAM 11, IA US

    NOAA
    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; silty clay loam; 28 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU00887
    A—20 to 51 centimeters (7.9 to 20.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; silty clay loam; 29 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU00888
    AB—51 to 66 centimeters (20.1 to 26.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; 28 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; black (10YR 2/1), moist, coats on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU00889. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1117435; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1117435
    Bw1—66 to 84 centimeters (26.0 to 33.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay loam; 31 percent clay; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine faint mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; light gray (10YR 7/1), dry, silt coats on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU00891. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1117436; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1117436
    Bw2—84 to 104 centimeters (33.1 to 40.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; 31 percent clay; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak fine prismatic parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU00892
    BC—104 to 124 centimeters (40.9 to 48.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; 34 percent clay; strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium distinct and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic structure; friable; yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU00893. few 5YR4/6 concretions (iron oxide); slightly acid
    C—124 to 152 centimeters (48.8 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silt loam; 27 percent clay; massive; friable; dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on surfaces along root channels; yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, and black (10YR 2/1), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments. Lab sample # ISU00895. common 10YR2/1 and 5YR4/6 concretions (manganese and iron oxides); slightly acid