IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Southridge
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986IA005042
  • User Pedon ID: S1986IA005042
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0073
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59369
  • 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: 43.4905548
  • Std. Longitude: -91.3505554
  • Datum: WGS84
  • GPS - Positional Error: 10.00
  • Township: 100N
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 7
  • PLSS Details: 1750 feet north and 30 feet west of 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, Ronald Kuehl
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty over clayey, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Paleudalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 42
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Southridge
  • PSC - 16 to 66 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1986
  • Classifier - Robert Vobora
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Southridge
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty over clayey, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Paleudalfs
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • PSC - 16 to 66 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1986
  • Classifier - Robert Vobora
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed
  • QA Status: not reviewed


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: mixed loess over mixed-noncalcareous unconsolidated sediments
  • Landscape: hills
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • RaCA Information:
  • Plot/Site Set Up By - Unknown
  • Plot or Site Recorder - Unknown
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1986 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Robert Vobora
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
  • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    lithologic discontinuity

    argillic horizon

    ochric epipedon

    0—0

    0—0

    —-

    —-

    —-

    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

    336

    0

    899

    155

    8

    22

    -5

    12

    22

    2

    558

    00134624

    LANSING 4 SE, IA US

    NOAA

    Ap—0 to 16 centimeters (0.0 to 6.3 inches); 90 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior and 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dry; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 fine roots throughout; 2.5 fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P00413. common fine roots throughout
    Bt1—16 to 23 centimeters (6.3 to 9.1 inches); 90 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior and 10 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P00414. few very fine roots throughout
    Bt2—23 to 32 centimeters (9.1 to 12.6 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 2 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on horizontal faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P00415. very few manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features on horizontal faces of peds; few very fine roots throughout; patchy - phpvsfiid 1917294; patchy - phpvsfiid 1917294
    Bt3—32 to 53 centimeters (12.6 to 20.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior silty clay loam; moderate fine blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P00416. Common silt coatings (10YR7/1) on ped faces.; few clay films surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; few very fine roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1917300; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1917300
    Bt4—53 to 69 centimeters (20.9 to 27.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) interior silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds and 37 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P00417. Few quartz fragments (less than 5%) 0.6 to 2 cm in diameter angular.; common clay films surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; few manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; few very fine roots throughout; patchy - phpvsfiid 1917304; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1917303; patchy - phpvsfiid 1917304; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1917303
    Bt5—69 to 79 centimeters (27.2 to 31.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium angular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 0.5 very fine tubular pores; 15 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds and 37 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P00418. Few quartz fragments (less than 5%) mostly 0.6 to 3 cm in diameter, 2% some larger 5 to 13 cm angular.; common clay films surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; few manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; few very fine roots throughout; few fine prominent 5YR46 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1917296; patchy - phpvsfiid 1917297; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1917296; patchy - phpvsfiid 1917297
    2Bt6—79 to 89 centimeters (31.1 to 35.0 inches); 80 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior and 20 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior silty clay; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium angular blocky structure; friable; 55 percent distinct dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and 55 percent prominent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, bromthymol blue; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P00419. Few chert fragments (less than 5%) less than 2 cm in diameter.; many clay films surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; many manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; few fine prominent 5YR46 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1917298; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1917299; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1917298; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1917299
    2Bt7—89 to 122 centimeters (35.0 to 48.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 37 percent prominent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds and 55 percent prominent yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P00420. Less than 5% chert fragments less than 2 cm in diameter. Few large fragments up to 25 cm in diameter (sandy dolinite).; many clay films surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; common manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; continuous - phpvsfiid 1917301; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1917302; continuous - phpvsfiid 1917301; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1917302
    2Bt8—122 to 132 centimeters (48.0 to 52.0 inches); 60 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) interior and 40 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) interior clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 2 percent faint yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on upper surfaces of peds or rocks; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, bromthymol blue; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P00421. 10-15% chert fragments 2 to 15 cm in diameter. Few large sandy dolonite fragments up to 25 cm in diameter.; very few clay films surface features on upper surfaces of peds or stones; patchy - phpvsfiid 1917295; patchy - phpvsfiid 1917295
    2C—132 to 157 centimeters (52.0 to 61.8 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior clay; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, bromthymol blue. Lab sample # 87P00422. Less than 5% chert fragments 2 to 10 cm in diameter. Few calcite crystals 4 cm in diameter.