IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Franklin
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984IA105031
  • User Pedon ID: S1984IA105031
  • User Site Association ID: NC-WAV_Franklin_Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - ISU2015
  • Lab Pedon # - X53-761-1
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 74799
  • Print Date: 3/2/2025

    • 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: 42.0373688
  • Std. Longitude: -91.3494720
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 84N
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: 1020 feet west and 1040 feet north of SE corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA105—Jones
  • MLRA: 104—Eastern Iowa and Minnesota Till Prairies
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-WAV—Waverly, Iowa
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IA105—Jones County, Iowa
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 42091-A3—Anamosa, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Unknown
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Udollic Endoaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Franklin
  • PSC - 48 to 98 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/1/2020
  • Classifier - Leland Camp
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Franklin
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Udollic Ochraqualfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 4/23/2010
  • Classifier - Unknown
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Pedon Vegetation and Crop Cover Information:
  • Current Crop - soybeans
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-silty loess over loamy till
  • Landscape: dissected till plain
  • Landform: interfluve
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

  • Ecological Sites. (Click Ecological Site ID For Link to EDIT.)
    Ecological Site ID Ecological Site Name Correlation Data Classifier
    R104XY007IA Loamy Upland Savanna Lisa Klussner

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/23/2010 (entry creation date)
  • 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
    • 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
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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; cloddy parts to weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01462
    E—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; weak thin platy structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01463
    BE—28 to 48 centimeters (11.0 to 18.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct and 30 percent brown (10YR 5/3) fine faint mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01464
    Bt1—48 to 61 centimeters (18.9 to 24.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and brown (10YR 5/3) rubbed silty clay loam; 30 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; faint silt coats and faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01465. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1325073; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1325073
    Bt2—61 to 81 centimeters (24.0 to 31.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine distinct and 30 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; faint silt coats and faint clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # ISU01466. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1325075; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1325075
    2BC—81 to 97 centimeters (31.9 to 38.2 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) sandy loam; 30 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/4) fine distinct and 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01467
    2C1—97 to 109 centimeters (38.2 to 42.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) loam; 30 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) medium distinct mottles; massive; firm; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01468
    2C2—109 to 152 centimeters (42.9 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) loam; 30 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine distinct mottles; massive; firm; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on surfaces along root channels; 10 percent fine manganese masses; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6. Lab sample # ISU01469