IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ossian
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984IA105010
  • User Pedon ID: S1984IA105010
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1984IA105010
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - ISU2015
  • Lab Pedon # - X53-489-1
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 74796
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 42.1811495
  • Std. Longitude: -91.2669696
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 85N
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: 310 feet north and 100 feet east of the southwest corner
  • 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, mesic Aquolls
  • 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 - Ossian
  • Classificaton Date - 9/5/1984
  • Classifier - Unknown
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ossian
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Aquolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/5/1984
  • Classifier - Unknown
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • 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: silty alluvium
  • Landform: flood plain
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • 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: 9/5/1984 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Unknown
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row 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

    ZEMA

    Zea mays

    corn

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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 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silt loam; 24 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular, and weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; friable; many fine roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01447
    A—15 to 36 centimeters (5.9 to 14.2 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) silt loam; 26 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; few fine roots; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01448
    BA—36 to 43 centimeters (14.2 to 16.9 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) silty clay loam; 27 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; few fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01449
    Bg1—43 to 66 centimeters (16.9 to 26.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 4/2) silty clay loam; 28 percent clay; olive (5Y 4/3) fine distinct and olive (5Y 5/3) fine distinct and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; few fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01450
    Bg2—66 to 91 centimeters (26.0 to 35.8 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) silt loam; 24 percent clay; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; few fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01451
    Bg3—91 to 119 centimeters (35.8 to 46.9 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) silt loam; 26 percent clay; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak fine subangular blocky, and weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01452
    Cg1—119 to 145 centimeters (46.9 to 57.1 inches); light olive gray (5Y 6/2) silt loam; 24 percent clay; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) medium prominent and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) fine prominent mottles; massive; friable; fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01453
    Cg2—145 to 152 centimeters (57.1 to 59.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) and light olive gray (5Y 6/2) silt loam; 26 percent clay; massive; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified. Lab sample # ISU01454. mottled