IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Colo
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984IA105003
  • User Pedon ID: S1984IA105003
  • User Site Association ID: 11-WAV_Colo_Pedons11-WAV_Colo_LAB&TUD_Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - ISU2015
  • Lab Pedon # - X53-133-1
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 74762
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 42.0058948
  • Std. Longitude: -91.1912294
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 83N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 300 feet north and 180 feet east of the southeast corner
  • Location Description: 53 paces from center of raod at field entrance
  • 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: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Cumulic 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 - Colo
  • Classificaton Date - 8/30/1984
  • Classifier - Unknown
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Colo
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Aquolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 8/30/1984
  • Classifier - Unknown
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landscape: river valley
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/30/1984 (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
    • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Ab2

    Ab3

    BA

    46

    64

    84

    64

    84

    102

    45391

    45392

    45393

    Iowa State University

    Iowa State University

    Iowa State University

    39.6

    38

    35.2

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    55.7

    54.7

    50

    33.8

    34.7

    32.3

    21.9

    20

    17.7

    4.7

    7.3

    14.8

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    6.7
    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    Ab2

    Ab3

    BA

    46

    64

    84

    64

    84

    102

    45391

    45392

    45393

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    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    Ab2

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    BA

    46

    64

    84

    64

    84

    102

    45391

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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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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) and very dark gray (10YR 3/1), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; weak thin platy parts to weak medium granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. overwash
    C—13 to 28 centimeters (5.1 to 11.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silt loam; weak medium platy structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. overwash
    Ab1—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; 30 percent clay; moderate very fine angular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary.
    Ab2—46 to 64 centimeters (18.1 to 25.2 inches); black (N 2/0) silty clay loam; 33 percent clay; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01422
    Ab3—64 to 84 centimeters (25.2 to 33.1 inches); black (N 2/0) silty clay loam; 35 percent clay; brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01423
    BA—84 to 102 centimeters (33.1 to 40.2 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silty clay loam; 33 percent clay; dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) fine faint mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01424
    Bg—102 to 119 centimeters (40.2 to 46.9 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) silty clay loam; 32 percent clay; very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; yellowish red (5YR 5/8), moist, iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary.
    BCg—119 to 140 centimeters (46.9 to 55.1 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) silty clay loam; 30 percent clay; light olive gray (5Y 6/2) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary.
    C—140 to 152 centimeters (55.1 to 59.8 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) silty clay loam; yellowish red (5YR 4/6) fine distinct and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine distinct mottles; massive; firm; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified.