IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Muscatine
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1988IA097029
  • User Pedon ID: S1988IA097029
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - ISU2015
  • Lab Pedon # - X49-1119-1
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 74649
  • Print Date: 12/4/2024
  • 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: 42.0498277
  • Std. Longitude: -90.4088981
  • Datum: WGS84
  • GPS - Positional Error: 10.00
  • Township: 84N
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 29
  • PLSS Details: 680 feet north and 1300 feet east of the southwest corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA097—Jackson
  • 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: IA097—Jackson County, Iowa
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Unknown
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic 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 - Muscatine
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/11/1985
  • Classifier - Unknown
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Muscatine
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Hapludolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 4/11/1985
  • Classifier - Unknown
  • 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
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • RaCA Information:
  • Plot/Site Set Up By - Unknown
  • Plot or Site Recorder - Unknown
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 4/11/1985 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Unknown
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • 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

    aquic conditions

    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

    899

    155

    8

    22

    -5

    12

    22

    2

    558

    00130608

    BELLEVUE L AND D 12, IA US

    NOAA

    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular, and weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak medium granular structure; friable; common very fine roots; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU03076. neutral
    A—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular, and weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak medium granular structure; friable; common very fine roots; distinct black (10YR 2/1), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU03077. slightly acid
    AB—38 to 51 centimeters (15.0 to 20.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; common very fine roots; distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU03078. medium acid
    Bg—51 to 69 centimeters (20.1 to 27.2 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; common very fine roots; distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU03079. medium acid
    Btg1—69 to 89 centimeters (27.2 to 35.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky, and weak medium prismatic parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; few very fine roots; distinct dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; iron-manganese concretions; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU03080. few dark concretions (iron and manganese oxide); medium acid
    Btg2—89 to 112 centimeters (35.0 to 44.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; yellowish red (5YR 4/6) fine prominent and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few very fine roots; distinct dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; iron-manganese concretions; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU03081. few dark concretions (iron and manganese oxide); slightly acid
    BCg—112 to 132 centimeters (44.1 to 52.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; yellowish red (5YR 4/6) fine prominent and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic structure; friable; few very fine roots; distinct dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; iron-manganese concretions; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU03082. few dark concretions (iron and manganese oxide); medium acid
    Cg—132 to 152 centimeters (52.0 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; yellowish red (5YR 4/6) fine prominent and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; massive; friable; few very fine roots; distinct dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2), moist, clay films on surfaces along root channels; iron-manganese concretions; fragments. Lab sample # ISU03083. few dark concretions (iron and manganese oxide); medium acid