IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ostrander
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985IA105002
  • User Pedon ID: S1985IA105002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1985IA105002
  • User Site Association ID: NC-WAV_Ostrander_pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - ISU2015
  • Lab Pedon # - X53-394-1
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 74788
  • Print Date: 4/25/2025

    • 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: 42.2239820
  • Std. Longitude: -91.2272820
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 86N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: 200 feet north and 360 feet east of the SW corner
  • Location Description: 65 pacew north and center of pavement and 35 feet west of field entry
  • 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-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC 6.0B
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ostrander
  • Classificaton Date - 7/30/2017
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed
  • QA Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: fine-loamy pedisediment over till
  • Landscape: dissected till plain
  • Landform: interfluve
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • 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: 11/14/1985 (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

    3

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; friable; few fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01630
    A—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01631
    AB—36 to 46 centimeters (14.2 to 18.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01632
    Bw1—46 to 69 centimeters (18.1 to 27.2 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) and brown (10YR 4/3) loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # ISU01633. some mixing of 4/3 in lower part
    Bw2—69 to 84 centimeters (27.2 to 33.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01634. stone line at 27"
    Bw3—84 to 102 centimeters (33.1 to 40.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) loam; strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky, and weak coarse prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 10 percent medium distinct light gray (2.5Y 7/2) iron depletions and 10 percent fine distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01635
    BC—102 to 117 centimeters (40.2 to 46.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and light gray (2.5Y 7/2) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loam; moderate coarse prismatic structure; firm; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01636. mottled; some c sand and f pebbles
    C—117 to 152 centimeters (46.1 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) loam; massive; firm; fine manganese masses; 4 percent by volume nonflat unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified. Lab sample # ISU01637. mottled; few gravels <5% vol.