IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kenyon
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1983IA097090
  • User Pedon ID: S1983IA097090
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1983IA097090
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - ISU2015
  • Lab Pedon # - X49-83-1
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 74728
  • Print Date: 11/26/2024

    • 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: 42.2927742
  • Std. Longitude: -90.8307953
  • Datum: WGS84
  • GPS - Positional Error: 10.00
  • Township: 86N
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: 760 feet south and 2540 feet east of the northwest corner
  • Location Description: 500 feet west of fence, 4 fence posts N of gate.
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA097—Jackson
  • 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: IA097—Jackson County, Iowa
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42090-C7—Bernard, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Scott Switzer
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Kenyon
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/26/2012
  • Classifier - Scott Switzer
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kenyon
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Hapludolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/12/1983
  • Classifier - Scott Switzer
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - tenth edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Pedon Vegetation and Crop Cover Information:
  • Agronomic Feature - crop row on bed or ridge
  • Current Crop - corn
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Peoria silty loess over till
  • Landform: ridge
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • RaCA Information:
  • Plot/Site Set Up By - Scott Switzer
  • Plot or Site Recorder - Scott Switzer

    • 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: 10/12/1983 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Scott Switzer
  • Air Photo ID: 13
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Hydrology Status: unaltered
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Extra Moisture Source: none
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    ZEMA

    Zea mays

    corn

    grass/grasslike

    100

    overstory
    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

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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

    —

    —

    —

    —

    0

    899

    —

    155

    8

    22

    -5

    12

    22

    2

    558

    —

    00130608

    BELLEVUE L AND D 12, IA US

    NOAA
    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; 28 percent sand; 51 percent silt; 21 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, pH meter 1:2 calcium chloride; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01212
    A1—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loam; 28 percent sand; 50 percent silt; 22 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.7, pH meter 1:2 calcium chloride; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01213
    BA—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), 10YR (10YR/),, dry; loam; 30 percent sand; 47 percent silt; 23 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots; 10 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on top faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, pH meter 1:2 calcium chloride; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01214
    2Bw1—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; 47 percent sand; 28 percent silt; 25 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 10 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, and brown (10YR 4/3), moist, organic stains on top faces of peds; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH meter 1:2 calcium chloride; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01219, ISU01215
    2Bw2—61 to 79 centimeters (24.0 to 31.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; 44 percent sand; 31 percent silt; 26 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/8), moist, and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist,; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, pH meter 1:2 calcium chloride; gradual smooth boundary.
    2Bw3—79 to 104 centimeters (31.1 to 40.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) loam; 44 percent sand; 29 percent silt; 27 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, and 1 percent manganese masses and 10 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist,; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH meter 1:2 calcium chloride; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01216
    2Bw4—104 to 130 centimeters (40.9 to 51.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) loam; 44 percent sand; 31 percent silt; 25 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 4/6), moist, and 1 percent manganese masses and 10 percent medium prominent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist,; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, pH meter 1:2 calcium chloride; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01217
    2BC—130 to 152 centimeters (51.2 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) loam; 44 percent sand; 32 percent silt; 24 percent clay; massive; firm; 10 percent medium prominent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2), moist,; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, pH meter 1:2 calcium chloride. Lab sample # ISU01218