IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Richwood
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987IA005009
  • User Pedon ID: S1987IA005009
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1987IA005009
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - ISU2015
  • Lab Pedon # - X3-977-1
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 75230
  • 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: 43.4234064
  • Std. Longitude: -91.4520560
  • Datum: WGS84
  • GPS - Positional Error: 10.00
  • Township: 99N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 5
  • PLSS Details: 1700 feet south and 200 feet west of the northeast corner
  • Location Description: 15 feet north and 80 feet west of field drive
  • 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
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC 6.0B
  • Pedon #: 65
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Richwood
  • PSC - 41 to 91 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/8/1987
  • Classifier - Robert Vobora
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Richwood
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 41 to 91 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/8/1987
  • Classifier - Robert Vobora
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Pedon Vegetation and Crop Cover Information:
  • Agronomic Feature - close grown annual crop, or crop-fallow
  • Current Crop - alfalfa
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty alluvium
  • Landform: bench
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • RaCA Information:
  • Plot/Site Set Up By - Unknown
  • Plot or Site Recorder - Unknown

    • 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: 8/8/1987 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Robert Vobora
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Hydrology Status: unaltered
  • 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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    MEDIC

    Medicago

    alfalfa

    forb

    100

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

    mollic epipedon

    argillic 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

    15

    —

    —

    —

    —

    899

    —

    155

    8

    22

    -5

    12

    22

    2

    558

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    00134624

    LANSING 4 SE, IA US

    NOAA
    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silt loam; 20 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; common very fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01815
    A—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and very dark gray (10YR 3/1), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; 20 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; few very fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01816
    Bt1—41 to 69 centimeters (16.1 to 27.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; 23 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; few very fine roots; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, coats; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01817. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1181151; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1181151
    Bt2—69 to 79 centimeters (27.2 to 31.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; 23 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; few very fine roots; brown (10YR 4/3), moist, coats; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01818. continuous - phpvsfiid 1181152; continuous - phpvsfiid 1181152
    Bt3—79 to 97 centimeters (31.1 to 38.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; 25 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few very fine roots; brown (10YR 4/3), moist, coats and silt coats; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01819. silt coats evident when dry; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1181153; patchy - phpvsfiid 1181154; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1181153; patchy - phpvsfiid 1181154
    Bt4—97 to 130 centimeters (38.2 to 51.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; 23 percent clay; reddish brown (5YR 4/4) medium prominent mottles; weak fine prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few very fine roots; silt coats; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01820. silt coats evident when dry; patchy - phpvsfiid 1181155; patchy - phpvsfiid 1181155
    C—130 to 168 centimeters (51.2 to 66.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; 20 percent clay; massive; friable; silt coats; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified. Lab sample # ISU01821. silt coats evident when dry; patchy - phpvsfiid 1181156; patchy - phpvsfiid 1181156