IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Shullsburg
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984IA005004
  • User Pedon ID: S1984IA005004
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1984IA005004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - ISU2015
  • Lab Pedon # - X3-206-1
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 75177
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024

    • 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: 43.3461844
  • Std. Longitude: -91.5057213
  • Datum: WGS84
  • GPS - Positional Error: 10.00
  • Township: 99N
  • Range: 6W
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: 1590 feet north and 1350 feet east of the southwest corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA005—Allamakee
  • MLRA: 105—Upper Mississippi River Bedrock Controlled Uplands and Valleys
  • 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, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC 5.1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Shullsburg
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/11/1984
  • Classifier - Robert Vobora
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Shullsburg
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Argiudolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/11/1984
  • 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 - alfalfa
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Peoria silty loess over residuum weathered from shale
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: drainageway
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: shale, unspecified at 81cm; at 183cm
  • Geology: ;
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • RaCA Information:
  • Plot/Site Set Up By - Bob Vobora
  • Plot or Site Recorder - Bob Vobora

    • 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: 9/11/1984 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Robert Vobora
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Hydrology Status: unaltered
  • 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

    MEDIC

    Medicago

    alfalfa

    forb

    100

    overstory
    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, paralithic

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

    mollic epipedon

    aquic conditions

    argillic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    paralithic contact

    paralithic materials

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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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    899

    —

    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), very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; common very fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01336. neutral
    A—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark gray (10YR 4/1) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; few very fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01337. neutral
    Btg1—36 to 48 centimeters (14.2 to 18.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium prismatic, and moderate fine subangular blocky parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few very fine roots; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, and very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01338. neutral; continuous - phpvsfiid 1325152; continuous - phpvsfiid 1325152
    Btg2—48 to 66 centimeters (18.9 to 26.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1) and olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) silty clay loam; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky, and weak medium prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; few very fine roots; very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01339. neutral; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1325153; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1325153
    Btg3—66 to 81 centimeters (26.0 to 31.9 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) and olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) and black (10YR 2/1) silt loam; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few very fine roots; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, and very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01340. neutral; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1325154; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1325154
    2BCg—81 to 117 centimeters (31.9 to 46.1 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) and olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) silt loam; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on bedrock; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # ISU01341. 10YR3/1 and 3/2 clay accumulation at the contact of the shale; neutral
    2Cr—117 to 183 centimeters (46.1 to 72.0 inches); dark greenish gray (5GY 3/1) and greenish gray (5G 6/1) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) bedrock; massive; very firm; fragments.