IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Whittier
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1986IA105001
  • User Pedon ID: S1986IA105001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - ISU2015
  • Lab Pedon # - X53-352-1
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 74785
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 41.9798505
  • Std. Longitude: -91.2248027
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 83N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: 1320 feet north and 1260 feet east of southwest corner SW1/4
  • 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-skeletal, mixed, 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 - Whittier
  • Classificaton Date - 11/17/1986
  • Classifier - Unknown
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Whittier
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty over sandy or sandy-skeletal, mixed, mesic Mollic Hapludalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/17/1986
  • Classifier - Unknown
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • 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: loess
  • Landform: terrace
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/17/1986 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Unknown
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; weak fine granular structure; friable; few fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01756
    E—18 to 28 centimeters (7.1 to 11.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; weak fine platy parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; few fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01757
    BE—28 to 36 centimeters (11.0 to 14.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; few fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01758
    Bt1—36 to 48 centimeters (14.2 to 18.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; few fine roots; clay films and silt coats; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01759. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1268482; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1268482
    Bt2—48 to 69 centimeters (18.9 to 27.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; few fine roots; clay films and silt coats; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01760. continuous - phpvsfiid 1268484; continuous - phpvsfiid 1268484
    Bt3—69 to 89 centimeters (27.2 to 35.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; few fine roots; clay films and silt coats; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01761. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1268486; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1268486
    Bt4—89 to 102 centimeters (35.0 to 40.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate fine angular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; silt coats; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # ISU01762
    C—102 to 152 centimeters (40.2 to 59.8 inches); brownish yellow (10YR 6/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sand; single grain; loose; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified. Lab sample # ISU01763, ISU01764. sl lamellae 40-42", 48-50", 55-56"