IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Finchford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985IA105008
  • User Pedon ID: S1985IA105008
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1985IA105008
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - ISU2015
  • Lab Pedon # - X53-159-1
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 74770
  • Print Date: 1/31/2025

    • 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: 42.0325569
  • Std. Longitude: -91.1709905
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 83N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 3
  • PLSS Details: 580 feet south and 85 feet west of the northeast 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: Sandy, mixed, mesic Entic Hapludolls
  • 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 - Finchford
  • Classificaton Date - 11/12/1985
  • Classifier - Unknown
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Finchford
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, mesic Entic Hapludolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/12/1985
  • Classifier - Unknown
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • 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: coarse alluvium
  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • 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: 11/13/1985 (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
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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; loamy sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; few fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01665. few c sand and f pebbles
    A—23 to 51 centimeters (9.1 to 20.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; loamy sand; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; few fine roots; 24 percent by volume nonflat unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01666. some c sand and fine pebbles <25% by vol
    Bw1—51 to 89 centimeters (20.1 to 35.0 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01667. some c sand and fine pebbles <25% by vol
    Bw2—89 to 107 centimeters (35.0 to 42.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01668. some c sand and fine pebbles <25% by vol
    C—107 to 152 centimeters (42.1 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified. Lab sample # ISU01669. some c sand and fine pebbles <25% by vol