IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Bassett
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984IA105021
  • User Pedon ID: S1984IA105021
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0405
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 56121
  • Print Date: 4/26/2025

    • 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: 42.0697222
  • Std. Longitude: -91.1666667
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 84N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: 355 feet E and 2578 feet S of NW corner
  • Location Description: J. Voss farm.
  • Map Unit: 171C—Bassett loam, 5 to 9 percent slopes
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA105—Jones
  • MLRA: 104—Eastern Iowa and Minnesota Till Prairies

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Mollic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Bassett
  • PSC - 46 to 96 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bassett
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Mollic Hapludalf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1984
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1984 (actual site observation date)
  • 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
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—38

    117—251

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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

    6

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    45

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) interior loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01975; moist when described;
    BE—15 to 23 centimeters (5.9 to 9.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P01976; moist when described;. Some mixing of 10YR 4/3.
    Bw1—23 to 36 centimeters (9.1 to 14.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior fine sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01977; moist when described;. Considerale mixing of 10YR 3/2.
    Bw2—36 to 46 centimeters (14.2 to 18.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior sandy loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01978; moist when described;. Considerale mixing of 10YR 3/2.
    2Bt1—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; , moist, clay films on faces of peds and light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, skeletans on faces of peds and brown (10YR 4/3), moist, coats on faces of peds; 1 percent iron concretions and 1 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 85P01979; moist when described;. Stone line at upper boundary.; few very fine and fine iron concretions concentrations; few very fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; continuous - phpvsfiid 1184523; continuous - phpvsfiid 1184523
    2Bt2—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky, and weak medium prismatic structure; friable; , moist, clay films on faces of peds and light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, skeletans on faces of peds and brown (10YR 4/3), moist, coats on faces of peds; 1 percent iron concretions and 1 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P01980; moist when described;. few very fine and fine iron concretions concentrations; few very fine iron-manganese concretions concentrations; continuous - phpvsfiid 1184526; continuous - phpvsfiid 1184526
    2Bt3—76 to 99 centimeters (29.9 to 39.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, skeletans on faces of peds; 1 percent medium iron concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary.; moist when described;. Not sampled.; few medium iron concretions concentrations; continuous - phpvsfiid 1184529; continuous - phpvsfiid 1184529
    2BC—99 to 137 centimeters (39.0 to 53.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior loam; weak coarse prismatic, and weak coarse angular blocky, and weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent medium and coarse iron concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary.; moist when described;. Not sampled.; few medium and coarse iron concretions concentrations
    2C—137 to 152 centimeters (53.9 to 59.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior loam; massive; firm; 11 percent lime masses; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog.; moist when described;. Not sampled.; common soft masses of lime concentrations