IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bertram
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984IA105007
  • User Pedon ID: S1984IA105007
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - ISU2015
  • Lab Pedon # - X53-809-1
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 74805
  • Print Date: 12/7/2025

    • 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: 42.2165871
  • Std. Longitude: -91.1467056
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 86N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: 240 feet north and 1700 feet west of the center
  • 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
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42091-B2—Monticello, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Mark Minger
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Coarse-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bertram
  • Classificaton Date - 6/11/2013
  • Classifier - Ryan Dermody
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bertram
  • Taxonomic Class - Coarse-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 6/14/2011
  • Classifier - Mark Minger
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy and/or sandy eolian deposits and/or residuum weathered from limestone
  • Landform: interfluve, till plain
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Position: upper third
  • Drainage Class: somewhat excessively
  • Bedrock: indurated limestone, unspecified at 91cm
  • Geology: Cedar Valley Group member of the Devonian group.
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/13/1984 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Unknown
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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 % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    Ap

    A

    Bw1

    2Bw2

    2C

    0

    20

    41

    69

    86

    20

    41

    69

    86

    99

    45377

    45378

    45379

    45381

    45382

    Iowa State University

    Iowa State University

    Iowa State University

    Iowa State University

    Iowa State University

    10.7

    10.2

    9.4

    11.8

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    17.3

    11.1

    13.7

    4.5

    6.3

    4.8

    4.5

    5.1

    2

    2.5

    12.5

    6.6

    8.6

    2.5

    3.8

    72

    78.7

    76.9

    83.7

    77.4

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    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

    Ap

    A

    Bw1

    2Bw2

    2C

    0

    20

    41

    69

    86

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    69

    86

    99

    45377

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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 %

    Ap

    A

    Bw1

    2Bw2

    2C

    0

    20

    41

    69

    86

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    41

    69

    86

    99

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

    bedrock, lithic

    indurated

    99 -

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

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    lithic contact

    0—41

    41—99

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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 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; sandy loam; 72 percent sand; 17 percent silt; 11 percent clay; weak fine cloddy parts to weak fine granular structure; very friable; 0.9 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01434
    A—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; sandy loam; 79 percent sand; 11 percent silt; 10 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.8 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01435
    Bw1—41 to 69 centimeters (16.1 to 27.2 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) sandy loam; 77 percent sand; 14 percent silt; 9 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; 0.7 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.1; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01436
    2Bw2—69 to 86 centimeters (27.2 to 33.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loamy sand; 84 percent sand; 5 percent silt; 12 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01437
    2C—86 to 99 centimeters (33.9 to 39.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sandy loam; 77 percent sand; 6 percent silt; 16 percent clay; single grain; loose; 10 percent by volume 12-?-50 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments; neutral, pH 7.0; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # ISU01438
    2R—99 to 100 centimeters (39.0 to 39.4 inches); fragments.