IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Granby
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1983IA105007
  • User Pedon ID: S1983IA105007
  • User Site Association ID: NC-WAV_Granby_pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - ISU2015
  • Lab Pedon # - X53-42-2
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 74793
  • Print Date: 4/19/2025

    • 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: 42.2794225
  • Std. Longitude: -91.2152685
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 86N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: 650 feet south and 1560 feet west of the northeast corner
  • Location Description: along maquoketa river
  • 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: Mark Minger
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Typic Endoaquolls
  • 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 - Granby
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/10/1983
  • Classifier - Mark Minger
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Granby
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, mesic Aquolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/10/1983
  • Classifier - Mark Minger
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: yes
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sandy alluvium
  • Landform: bench, depression
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/10/1983 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Unknown
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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); black (10YR 2/1), gray (10YR 5/1) and gray (10YR 6/1), dry; fine sandy loam; weak medium granular structure; very friable; many fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01257
    Bg1—23 to 30 centimeters (9.1 to 11.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine sandy loam; strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; very friable; many fine roots; black (10YR 2/1), moist, worm casts; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01258
    Bg2—30 to 64 centimeters (11.8 to 25.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine sandy loam; strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine distinct and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; many fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, pH meter; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01260
    Bg3—64 to 81 centimeters (25.2 to 31.9 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) loamy fine sand; yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; few fine roots; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.5, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01261
    Cg1—81 to 99 centimeters (31.9 to 39.0 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2) loamy fine sand; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) medium distinct mottles; massive; loose; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3, pH meter; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # ISU01263. lens at 37-39" is 5Y6/1
    Cg2—99 to 142 centimeters (39.0 to 55.9 inches); light gray (2.5Y 7/2) fine sand; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; single grain; loose; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, pH meter; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01264
    Cg3—142 to 152 centimeters (55.9 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) and olive yellow (2.5Y 6/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH meter. Lab sample # ISU01265. mottled