IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Finchford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1983IA105008
  • User Pedon ID: S1983IA105008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1983IA105008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - ISU2015
  • Lab Pedon # - X53-159-2
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 74771
  • Print Date: 4/29/2025

    • 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: 42.2570802
  • Std. Longitude: -91.2067023
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 86N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: 1800 feet north and 750 feet east of the southwest corner
  • Location Description: bench of 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: Unknown
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Entic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC 6.0B
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Finchford
  • Classificaton Date - 8/10/1983
  • Classifier - Unknown
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Finchford
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, mesic Entic Hapludolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/10/1983
  • Classifier - Unknown
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landform: bench
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • 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: 8/10/1983 (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

    2

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    180

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; few fine roots; 4 percent by volume nonflat unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01266. 4% fine gravel, few large gravels
    A—18 to 41 centimeters (7.1 to 16.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; sand; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to single grain; loose; 7 percent by volume nonflat unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01267. 7% fine gravel, few large gravels
    Bw1—41 to 66 centimeters (16.1 to 26.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) sand; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to single grain; loose; 7 percent by volume nonflat unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01268. 7% fine gravel, few large gravels
    Bw2—66 to 89 centimeters (26.0 to 35.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) sand; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to single grain; loose; 7 percent by volume nonflat unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01269. 7% fine gravel, few med to large gravels
    BC—89 to 104 centimeters (35.0 to 40.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sand; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to single grain; loose; 7 percent by volume nonflat unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01270. 7% fine gravel, few med to large gravels
    C—104 to 152 centimeters (40.9 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sand; weak coarse subangular blocky parts to single grain; loose; 10 percent by volume nonflat unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, unspecified. Lab sample # ISU01271. 10% fine gravel, some med to large gravels