IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Orwood
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1982IA105009
  • User Pedon ID: S1982IA105009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - ISU2015
  • Lab Pedon # - X53-480-2
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 74795
  • Print Date: 4/29/2025

    • 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: 42.2776225
  • Std. Longitude: -91.2983762
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 86N
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 10
  • PLSS Details: 1100 feet north and 560 feet west of center
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA105—Jones
  • 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: IA105—Jones County, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Unknown
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Mollic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC 6.0B
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Orwood
  • Classificaton Date - 7/8/1982
  • Classifier - Unknown
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Orwood
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Mollic Hapludalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 7/8/1982
  • Classifier - Unknown
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: eolian deposits
  • Landscape: upland
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/8/1982 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Unknown
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01008. high in sand
    BE—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak thin platy parts to weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.3, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01009. high in sand
    Bt1—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01010
    Bt2—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01011
    Bt3—61 to 89 centimeters (24.0 to 35.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01012
    BC—89 to 112 centimeters (35.0 to 44.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01013
    C—112 to 152 centimeters (44.1 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; massive; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified. Lab sample # ISU01014