IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Medary
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992IA061002
  • User Pedon ID: S1992IA061002
  • Transect:
  • Transect Stop Number - 2
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0174
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65518
  • Print Date: 12/11/2024

    • 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: 42.5672226
  • Std. Longitude: -90.7147217
  • Datum: WGS84
  • GPS - Positional Error: 10.00
  • Township: 90N
  • Range: 2E
  • Section: 34
  • PLSS Details: 510 feet north and 500 feet west of center
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA061—Dubuque
  • 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: IA061—Dubuque County, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Unknown
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Medary
  • PSC - 20 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/21/1992
  • Classifier - Unknown
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Medary
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Taxon Kind - taxadjunct
  • PSC - 20 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 10/21/1992
  • Classifier - Unknown
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: lacustrine deposits
  • Landform: terrace
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • RaCA Information:
  • Plot/Site Set Up By - Unknown
  • Plot or Site Recorder - Unknown

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/21/1992 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Unknown
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic 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

    8

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    198

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    45

    899

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    155

    8

    22

    -5

    12

    22

    2

    558

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    NOAA
    A—0 to 10 centimeters (0.0 to 3.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), light gray (10YR 7/2), dry; silt loam; 26 percent clay; moderate medium granular structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P01404
    EB—10 to 20 centimeters (3.9 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and brown (7.5YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silty clay loam; 28 percent clay; moderate fine angular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; 10 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1) coats and 10 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) coats; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P01405
    Bt1—20 to 40 centimeters (7.9 to 15.7 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay; 55 percent clay; moderate fine and medium angular blocky, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 very fine roots and 0.5 medium roots; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) coats; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P01406
    Bt2—40 to 53 centimeters (15.7 to 20.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) silty clay; 52 percent clay; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine and medium roots; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) coats in root channels and/or pores; 1 percent fine dark reddish brown (5YR 2/2) iron-manganese concretions; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P01407
    Bt3—53 to 68 centimeters (20.9 to 26.8 inches); reddish brown (5YR 5/4) silty clay; 45 percent clay; 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct and 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine and medium prominent mottles; moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) coats on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P01408
    Bt4—68 to 103 centimeters (26.8 to 40.6 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and reddish brown (5YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 38 percent clay; 3 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct and 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; very pale brown (10YR 7/3) coats; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P01409. continuous - phpvsfiid 1917152; continuous - phpvsfiid 1917152
    BC—103 to 138 centimeters (40.6 to 54.3 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and brown (10YR 5/3), brown (7.5YR 4/2), dry; silt loam; 15 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; brown (7.5YR 4/2) coats; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P01410
    C1—138 to 148 centimeters (54.3 to 58.3 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/4) and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) silty clay; 45 percent clay; massive; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; 21 percent fine and medium carbonate nodules; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P01411
    C2—148 to 160 centimeters (58.3 to 63.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and light brown (7.5YR 6/3) and pink (7.5YR 7/4) silt loam; 13 percent clay; massive; friable; 0.5 fine roots; brown (7.5YR 4/2) coats on vertical faces of peds; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P01412
    C3—160 to 222 centimeters (63.0 to 87.4 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and light brown (7.5YR 6/3) and pink (7.5YR 7/4) silt loam, silty clay; massive; friable; carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 93P01413
    C4—222 to 240 centimeters (87.4 to 94.5 inches); silt loam, sandy loam; massive; friable; carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 93P01414