IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ostrander
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1982IA105011
  • User Pedon ID: S1982IA105011
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1982IA105011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - ISU2015
  • Lab Pedon # - X53-314-1
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 74782
  • Print Date: 12/17/2024

    • 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: 42.2890753
  • Std. Longitude: -91.2993093
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 86N
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: 40 feet south and 840 feet west of the 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, superactive, mesic Typic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC 6.0B
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ostrander
  • Classificaton Date - 7/30/2017
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed
  • QA Status: level 3


    • SITE

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

    • 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: 7/8/1982 (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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    AVENA

    Avena

    oat

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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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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01023
    A—18 to 38 centimeters (7.1 to 15.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01024
    BA—38 to 66 centimeters (15.0 to 26.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01025
    Bt1—66 to 76 centimeters (26.0 to 29.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sandy clay loam; moderate fine angular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01026
    Bt2—79 to 91 centimeters (31.1 to 35.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sandy loam; moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate fine angular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01027
    2C1—91 to 124 centimeters (35.8 to 48.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified. Lab sample # ISU01028
    2C2—124 to 152 centimeters (48.8 to 59.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/4) clay loam; massive; firm; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified. Lab sample # ISU01029