IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sparta
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987IA005001
  • User Pedon ID: S1987IA005001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - ISU2015
  • Lab Pedon # - X3-41B-1
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 75189
  • 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: 43.4487918
  • Std. Longitude: -91.3166324
  • Datum: WGS84
  • GPS - Positional Error: 10.00
  • Township: 100N
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: 2400 feet north and 1540 feet west of the southeast corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA005—Allamakee
  • MLRA: 105—Upper Mississippi River Bedrock Controlled Uplands and Valleys
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-ONA—Onalaska, Wisconsin
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IA005—Allamakee County, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Joe Kristoff, Jim Marzke
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Entic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC 5.1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sparta
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/11/1987
  • Classifier - Joe Kristoff
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sparta
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, mesic Entic Hapludolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/11/1987
  • Classifier - Joe Kristoff
  • 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: sandy alluvium
  • Landform: terrace, stream terrace
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Drainage Class: excessively
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • RaCA Information:
  • Plot/Site Set Up By - Joe Kristoff
  • Plot or Site Recorder - Joe Kristoff

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 1/11/1987 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Joe Kristoff
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    lamellae

    cambic horizon

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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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    —

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    5

    899

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    155

    8

    22

    -5

    12

    22

    2

    558

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    LANSING 4 SE, IA US

    NOAA
    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; sand; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak very fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; few very fine roots and common fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01765. neutral
    A—25 to 58 centimeters (9.8 to 22.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; sand; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; few very fine roots; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01766. neutral
    Bw1—58 to 74 centimeters (22.8 to 29.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) sand; weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; few very fine roots; thin very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, coats on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01767. neutral; continuous - phpvsfiid 1105582; continuous - phpvsfiid 1105582
    Bw2—74 to 97 centimeters (29.1 to 38.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) sand; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; very friable; few very fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01768. slightly acid
    C1—97 to 117 centimeters (38.2 to 46.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) sand, loamy sand; single grain; loose; few very fine roots; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01769. lamellae of loamy sand 3 to 5 millimeters thick; slightly acid
    C2—117 to 152 centimeters (46.1 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) sand, loamy sand; single grain; loose; few very fine roots; fragments. Lab sample # ISU01770. lamellae of loamy sand 1 to 2 mm thick; slightly acid