IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Thorp
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984IA105038
  • User Pedon ID: S1984IA105038
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1984IA105038
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - ISU2015
  • Lab Pedon # - X53-404-1
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 74789
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024
  • 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: 41.9884228
  • Std. Longitude: -91.2244710
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 83N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: 1000 feet south and 1400 feet east of the northwest 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 Argiaquic Argialbolls
  • 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 - Thorp
  • Classificaton Date - 10/15/1984
  • Classifier - Unknown
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Thorp
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Argiaquic Argialbolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/15/1984
  • 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: loess over stratified loamy outwash
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: depression
  • 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: 10/15/1984 (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

    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

    1

    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; 25 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; friable; many fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01501
    A—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silt loam; 25 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; friable; few fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01502
    AE—38 to 46 centimeters (15.0 to 18.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; 23 percent clay; weak thin platy parts to weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # ISU01503
    E—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; 24 percent clay; strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate thick platy parts to moderate thin platy structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01504
    Bt1—61 to 71 centimeters (24.0 to 28.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; 24 percent clay; strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; clay films and silt coats; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01505. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1268463; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1268463
    Bt2—71 to 84 centimeters (28.0 to 33.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; 27 percent clay; strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; clay films and silt coats; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01506. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1268465; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1268465
    Bt3—84 to 114 centimeters (33.1 to 44.9 inches); gray (10YR 5/1) silty clay loam; 30 percent clay; strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate coarse prismatic structure; friable; clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01507. continuous - phpvsfiid 1268467; continuous - phpvsfiid 1268467
    2Bt4—114 to 140 centimeters (44.9 to 55.1 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) loam; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate coarse prismatic structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # ISU01508. strata
    2C—140 to 152 centimeters (55.1 to 59.8 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) loamy sand; dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) fine faint and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine faint mottles; massive; friable; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, unspecified. Lab sample # ISU01509