IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Garwin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984IA005003
  • User Pedon ID: S1984IA005003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1984IA005003
  • User Site Association ID: NC-WAV_Garwin - SDJR pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - ISU2015
  • Lab Pedon # - X3-489-2
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 75194
  • Print Date: 5/8/2025

    • 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: 43.2272910
  • Std. Longitude: -91.5804564
  • Datum: WGS84
  • GPS - Positional Error: 10.00
  • Township: 97N
  • Range: 6W
  • Section: 8
  • PLSS Details: 315 feet north and 1620 feet east of the SW corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA005—Allamakee
  • 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: IA005—Allamakee County, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Robert Vobora
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Endoaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC 6.0B
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Garwin
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/23/2019
  • Classifier - Michael England
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ossian
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Haplaquolls
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/6/1984
  • Classifier - Robert Vobora
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Pedon Vegetation and Crop Cover Information:
  • Agronomic Feature - close grown annual crop, or crop-fallow
  • Current Crop - oats, hay
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: drainageway
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • 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: 9/6/1984 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Robert Vobora
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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

    MEDIC

    Avena

    Medicago

    oat

    alfalfa

    grass/grasslike

    forb

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

    mollic epipedon

    aquic conditions

    redox concentrations

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

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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

    1

    —

    —

    349

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    899

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    155

    8

    22

    -5

    12

    22

    2

    558

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    00134624

    LANSING 4 SE, IA US

    NOAA
    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silt loam; 25 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; friable; common very fine roots and few fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01325
    A1—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark gray (N 3/0), dry; silt loam; 25 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; common very fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01326
    A2—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark gray (N 4/0), dry; silty clay loam; 30 percent clay; grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine distinct and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; weak fine granular structure; friable; few very fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01327
    BA—51 to 61 centimeters (20.1 to 24.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) silty clay loam; 28 percent clay; strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine prominent and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine distinct mottles; weak fine granular parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; few very fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01328. few black oxides
    Bg1—61 to 79 centimeters (24.0 to 31.1 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; 28 percent clay; strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; weak fine prismatic parts to weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few very fine roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01329. few black oxides
    Bg2—79 to 97 centimeters (31.1 to 38.2 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silt loam; 26 percent clay; strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; weak fine prismatic parts to weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few very fine roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01330. common black oxides
    Bg3—97 to 109 centimeters (38.2 to 42.9 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silt loam; 26 percent clay; strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; weak fine prismatic parts to weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few very fine roots; gray (5Y 5/1), moist, coats; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01331. few black oxides
    C1—109 to 142 centimeters (42.9 to 55.9 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silt loam; 22 percent clay; strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine prominent and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; massive; friable; few fine roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01332. few black oxides, few fine older roots
    C2—142 to 152 centimeters (55.9 to 59.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) silt loam; 22 percent clay; olive gray (5Y 5/2) medium prominent mottles; massive; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01334. few black oxides
    C3—152 to 168 centimeters (59.8 to 66.1 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silt loam; friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified. Lab sample # ISU01335. few black oxides