IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Klossner
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1982IA105101
  • User Pedon ID: S1982IA105101
  • User Site Association ID: NC-WAV_Histisol_Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - ISU2015
  • Lab Pedon # - X53-222-1
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 74779
  • Print Date: 4/21/2025

    • 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: 42.2956265
  • Std. Longitude: -91.2120437
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 86N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 120 feet south and 800 feet west of the northeast corner
  • 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: Loamy, mixed, euic, mesic Terric Haplosaprists
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC 5.1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Klossner
  • Classificaton Date - 1/31/2019
  • Classifier - Ryan Dermody
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Palms
  • Taxonomic Class - Loamy, mixed, mesic Terric Medisaprists
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/25/1982
  • Classifier - Unknown
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: mucky organic material over fine-silty alluvium
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: depression, stream terrace
  • Drainage Class: very poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • RaCA Information:
  • Plot/Site Set Up By - Unknown
  • Plot or Site Recorder - Unknown

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 6/25/1982 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Unknown
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - other grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    sapric soil materials

    0—79

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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

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    Oa1—0 to 33 centimeters (0.0 to 13.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) broken face and black (10YR 2/1) rubbed, very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dry; moderately decomposed plant material; moderate medium granular structure; friable; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01085. sapric material; many fine undecomposed roots; herbaceous fibers; about 7 percent mineral material; slightly acid
    Oa2—33 to 56 centimeters (13.0 to 22.0 inches); black (N 2/0) broken face and black (N 2/0) rubbed, very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; moderately decomposed plant material; moderate medium granular, and moderate fine granular structure; slightly sticky; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01086. sapric material; many medium and fine undecomposed roots; herbaceous fibers; about 48 percent mineral material; medium acid
    Oa3—56 to 79 centimeters (22.0 to 31.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) broken face and black (10YR 2/1) rubbed, very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dry; moderately decomposed plant material; massive parts to weak coarse subangular blocky; slightly sticky; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01087. sapric material; many medium and fine undecomposed roots; herbaceous fibers; about 70 percent mineral material; neutral
    Cg—79 to 152 centimeters (31.1 to 59.8 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) and very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) silt loam; massive; friable; fragments. Lab sample # ISU01088. thin layer of very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) in the lower part; neutral