IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Atterberry
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987IA005013
  • User Pedon ID: S1987IA005013
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - ISU2015
  • Lab Pedon # - X3-291-1
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 75187
  • Print Date: 2/17/2025

    • 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: 43.1888889
  • Std. Longitude: -91.3522222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • GPS - Positional Error: 10.00
  • Township: 97N
  • Range: 4W
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: 2300 feet north and 850 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
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43091-B3—Waterville, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Robert Vobora, Joe Kristoff
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Udollic Ochraqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC 5.1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Atterberry
  • PSC - 64 to 114 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/23/1987
  • Classifier - Robert Vobora
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Atterberry
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Udollic Ochraqualfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 64 to 114 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/23/1987
  • Classifier - Robert Vobora
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • 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: loess
  • Landscape: upland
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: concave
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • 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: 10/23/1987 (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

    aquic conditions

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    albic horizon

    redox depletions with chroma 2 or less

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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

    1

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    899

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    155

    8

    22

    -5

    12

    22

    2

    558

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    00134624

    LANSING 4 SE, IA US

    NOAA
    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; friable; few very fine roots and few fine roots; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01841. neutral
    E—23 to 43 centimeters (9.1 to 16.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate thin platy structure; friable; dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, coats on all faces of peds and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry, and gray (10YR 6/1), dry, silt coats on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01842. neutral; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1105468; patchy - phpvsfiid 1105469; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1105468; patchy - phpvsfiid 1105469
    EB—43 to 64 centimeters (16.9 to 25.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silt loam; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; weak thin platy parts to weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; few very fine roots; gray (10YR 6/1), dry, silt coats on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01843. medium acid; patchy - phpvsfiid 1105470; patchy - phpvsfiid 1105470
    Btg1—64 to 86 centimeters (25.2 to 33.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; few very fine roots and few fine roots; thin dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds and gray (10YR 6/1), dry, silt coats on all faces of peds; iron-manganese concretions; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01844. few dark concretions (iron and manganese oxides); strongly acid; patchy - phpvsfiid 1105472; continuous - phpvsfiid 1105471; patchy - phpvsfiid 1105472; continuous - phpvsfiid 1105471
    Btg2—86 to 109 centimeters (33.9 to 42.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few very fine roots and few fine roots; thin dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; iron-manganese concretions; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01845. few dark concretions (iron and manganese oxides); strongly acid; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1105473; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1105473
    BC—109 to 130 centimeters (42.9 to 51.2 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few very fine roots; thin dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; iron-manganese concretions; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01846. common dark concretions (iron and manganese oxides); strongly acid; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1105474; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1105474
    C—130 to 152 centimeters (51.2 to 59.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; massive; friable; few very fine roots; iron-manganese concretions; fragments. Lab sample # ISU01847. common dark concretions (iron and manganese oxides); strongly acid