IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sparta
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1982IA105103
  • User Pedon ID: S1982IA105103
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1982IA105103
  • User Site Association ID: 11-WAV_Sparta_Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - ISU2015
  • Lab Pedon # - X53-41-1
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 74791
  • 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: 42.2885684
  • Std. Longitude: -91.1743604
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 86N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: 200 feet south and 1400 feet east 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: Sandy, mixed, mesic Entic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC 5.1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sparta
  • Classificaton Date - 6/17/1982
  • Classifier - Unknown
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sparta
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, mesic Entic Hapludolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/17/1982
  • Classifier - Unknown
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Pedon Vegetation and Crop Cover Information:
  • Current Crop - oats
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy eolian deposits
  • Landscape: upland
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • 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: 6/17/1982 (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

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    45

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loamy fine sand; 8 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01100
    A—20 to 30 centimeters (7.9 to 11.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loamy fine sand; 8 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary.
    AB—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) loamy fine sand; 9 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # ISU01101
    Bw—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loamy fine sand; 9 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # ISU01102
    BC—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine sand; 7 percent clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # ISU01103
    E/Bt—76 to 152 centimeters (29.9 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sand, loamy fine sand; 5 percent clay; single grain; loose; fragments. Lab sample # ISU01104. yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sand (E) (5 percent clay); single grain; loose; lamellae of strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loamy fine sand (Bt) between depths of 43 and 45 inches; medium acid