IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Southridge
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986IA005044
  • User Pedon ID: S1986IA005044
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0075
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59371
  • Print Date: 11/12/2024

    • 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: 43.4816666
  • Std. Longitude: -91.3683319
  • Datum: WGS84
  • GPS - Positional Error: 10.00
  • Township: 100N
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: 1450 feet south and 880 feet east of northwest 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, Pat Abel
  • 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 #: 44
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Southridge
  • PSC - 25 to 75 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 - 25 to 75 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: over mixed silty 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: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Bedrock: strongly
  • 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: Unknown
  • 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 Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, lithic

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    —

    —
    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    lithologic discontinuity

    lithic contact

    argillic horizon

    mollic 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

    6

    —

    —

    345

    —

    270

    899

    —

    155

    8

    22

    -5

    12

    22

    2

    558

    —

    00134624

    LANSING 4 SE, IA US

    NOAA
    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); 95 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior and 5 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dry; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 0.5 fine roots throughout; 55 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organic stains on all faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # 87P00431. many organic coats surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; few medium roots throughout; few fine roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 1917321; continuous - phpvsfiid 1917321
    Bt1—25 to 36 centimeters (9.8 to 14.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 medium roots throughout and 2.5 fine roots throughout; 55 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # 87P00432. (10YR 3/2) fills in root channels.; many clay films surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; common fine roots throughout; few medium roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1917313; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1917313
    2Bt2—36 to 49 centimeters (14.2 to 19.3 inches); 60 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and 40 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 15 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds and 15 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films; fragments. Lab sample # 87P00433. 2% less than 2 cm in diameter.; few manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; few clay films surface features; few very fine roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1917318; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1917319; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1917318; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1917319
    2Bt3—49 to 69 centimeters (19.3 to 27.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 37 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # 87P00434. 15% 2 to 8 cm rock fragments chert and sandstone, 15% greater than 8 cm rock fragments, sandstone fragments are crushable by hand.; common clay films surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; few very fine roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1917320; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1917320
    3Bt4—69 to 89 centimeters (27.2 to 35.0 inches); yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior clay; moderate fine angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 37 percent prominent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds and 55 percent distinct yellowish red (5YR 4/6), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # 87P00435. Few thin patches of greenish shale; (10YR 6/4) areas of sand grains (weathered sandstone).; common manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; many clay films surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; few very fine roots throughout; continuous - phpvsfiid 1917315; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1917314; continuous - phpvsfiid 1917315; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1917314
    3Bt5—89 to 106 centimeters (35.0 to 41.7 inches); 20 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) interior and 40 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior and 40 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior clay; moderate coarse prismatic structure; firm; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; 37 percent prominent black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds and 55 percent distinct brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # 87P00436. Less than 5% rock fragments 2 to 4 cm, few shale patches, very few areas of sand grains.; common manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; many clay films surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; few very fine roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1917316; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1917317; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1917316; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1917317
    4R—106 to 130 centimeters (41.7 to 51.2 inches); bedrock; fragments. Lab sample # 87P00437. Dolomite bedrock upper few inches is weathered somewhat.
    5Cr—130 to 140 centimeters (51.2 to 55.1 inches); 70 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior and 30 percent brown (10YR 4/3) interior clay; firm; 0.5 fine roots throughout; 15 percent distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on all faces of peds; fragments. Lab sample # 87P00438. Greenish blue shale thin patchy areas.; few manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features on vertical and horizontal faces of peds; few fine roots throughout; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1917312; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1917312
    6Cr—140 to 160 centimeters (55.1 to 63.0 inches); 90 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior and 5 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) interior and 5 percent light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4) interior sandy clay loam; friable; 0.5 very fine roots throughout; fragments. Lab sample # 87P00439. few very fine roots throughout
    6R—160 to 165 centimeters (63.0 to 65.0 inches); 60 percent brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) interior and 40 percent very pale brown (10YR 7/3) interior bedrock; fragments. Lab sample # 87P00440. Sandstone.