IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Newhouse

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S1985IA005009

User Pedon ID: S1985IA005009

Vegetation Plot ID: S1985IA005009

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - ISU2015

Lab Pedon # - X3-838D2-2

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 75211

Print Date: 11/23/2024

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: 43.3890176

Std. Longitude: -91.5334532

Datum: WGS84

GPS - Positional Error: 10.00

Township: 99N

Range: 6W

Section: 15

PLSS Details: 1380 feet north and 775 feet west of the southeast corner

Country: US—United States

State: Iowa

County: IA005—Allamakee

MLRA: 105—Upper Mississippi River Bedrock Controlled Uplands and Valleys

Regional Office: NC—North Central

MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-ONA—Onalaska, Wisconsin

Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IA005—Allamakee County, Iowa

PEDON

Describers Name: Robert Vobora

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Mollic Hapludalfs

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 - Newhouse

PSC - 20 to 70 cm.

Classificaton Date - 9/18/1985

Classifier - Robert Vobora

Moisture Class - udic

Moisture Subclass - typic

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Newhouse

Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Mollic Hapludalfs

Taxon Kind - series

PSC - 20 to 70 cm.

Classificaton Date - 9/18/1985

Classifier - Robert Vobora

Moisture Class - udic

Moisture SUBClass - typic

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Pedon Vegetation and Crop Cover Information:

Agronomic Feature - close grown annual crop, or crop-fallow

Current Crop - alfalfa

Hydric: no

Certification Status: not certified

QC Status: not reviewed

QA Status: not reviewed

SITE

Parent Material: Peoria silty loess over pedisediment

Landscape: upland

Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope

Slope Complexity: simple

Slope Shape Across: convex

Slope Shape Down: convex

Drainage Class: well

Flooding: none flooding

Ponding: none ponding

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

RaCA Information:

Plot/Site Set Up By - Unknown

Plot or Site Recorder - Unknown

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: 9/18/1985 (actual site observation date)

Data Collector: Robert Vobora

Surface Water Kind: none observed

Hydrology Status: unaltered

Surface Cover Properties:

Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover

Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland

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
MEDIC	Medicago	alfalfa	forb	100	overstory

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon argillic horizon lithologic discontinuity	— — —	—- —- —-

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
13	—	—	—	—		899	—	155	8	22	-5	12	22	2	558	—	00134624	LANSING 4 SE, IA US	NOAA

Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and dark brown (10YR 3/3) silt loam; 22 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; few very fine roots and few medium roots and few fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01564; observed in pit, large or quarry. pockets and streaks of 10YR3/3

Bt1—20 to 36 centimeters (7.9 to 14.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) silt loam; 26 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; common very fine roots and few fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01565; observed in pit, large or quarry. 10YR3/2 mixings

Bt2—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; 25 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; common very fine roots and few fine roots; brown (10YR 4/3), moist, coats on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01566; observed in pit, large or quarry

Bt3—56 to 64 centimeters (22.0 to 25.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; 24 percent clay; strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine distinct mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; few very fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # ISU01567; observed in pit, large or quarry. sand increase

2Bt4—64 to 71 centimeters (25.2 to 28.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and brown (10YR 4/3) sandy clay loam; 21 percent clay; strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky, and platy structure; friable; few very fine roots; sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # ISU01568; observed in pit, large or quarry. few coarse 1/2-1" diameter sandstone fragments, some platy or layers appearance, few fine soft dark oxides

2Bt5—71 to 104 centimeters (28.0 to 40.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and brown (7.5YR 4/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) stratified stratified silty clay to sandy clay to clay; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; common very fine roots; sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method and 1 percent by volume chert fragments observed by visual inspection method; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # ISU01571, ISU01569, ISU01570; observed in pit, large or quarry. 1% coarse fragments chert or sandstone gray stratified silt in [unreadable text] root channels 10YR6/1 and 6/2 5" diameter; 1/2"-1" thick clay layer 10YR5/6 at top of horizon; 45-60% clay; common fine soft black oxides, roots on ped faces

2Bt6—104 to 114 centimeters (40.9 to 44.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and brown (7.5YR 4/4) stratified stratified sandy loam to clay; 60 percent clay; massive, and moderate medium subangular blocky; friable; few very fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # ISU01572; observed in pit, large or quarry. not continuous

2Bt7—114 to 135 centimeters (44.9 to 53.1 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) clay; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; few very fine roots; very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # ISU01573; observed in pit, large or quarry. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1181143; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1181143

3C—135 to 152 centimeters (53.1 to 59.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine sandy loam, loamy fine sand, sandy clay loam; massive; friable; 50 percent by volume sandstone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4, unspecified. Lab sample # ISU01574; observed in pit, large or quarry. 50% coarse fragments 2" to 7" mostly sandstone, fsl, lfs, fscl