IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Zwingle
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1992IA139001
  • User Pedon ID: S1992IA139001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 92P0591
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 64830
  • Print Date: 11/23/2024
  • LOCATION

  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA139—Muscatine
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IA139—Muscatine County, Iowa
  • PEDON

  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Zwingle
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic Typic Albaqualfs
  • PSC - 20 to 70 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/8/1991
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


  • SITE

  • Landform: terrace
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/8/1991 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • 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

    270

    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and 20 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) rubbed silt loam; 22 percent clay; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P03514
    E—8 to 20 centimeters (3.1 to 7.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; 20 percent clay; 1 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) fine prominent mottles; weak coarse platy parts to weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P03515
    Btg1—20 to 41 centimeters (7.9 to 16.1 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) silty clay; 42 percent clay; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; gray (10YR 5/1) clay films on faces of peds and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay films on faces of peds and in pores and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay films on faces of peds and in pores; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P03516. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 192592; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 192593; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 192592; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 192593
    Btg2—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay; 65 percent clay; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent and 1 percent light reddish brown (5YR 6/4) medium prominent mottles; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 fine roots; black (N 2/0) coats in root channels and/or pores and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) nonintersecting slickensides; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P03517
    Btg3—61 to 76 centimeters (24.0 to 29.9 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) clay; 75 percent clay; 3 percent brown (7.5YR 5/4) fine prominent and 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent and 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) medium prominent mottles; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 fine roots; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) clay films on faces of peds and in pores and black (N 2/0) coats in root channels and/or pores and 30 percent gray (10YR 5/1) clay films; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P03518. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 192697; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 192697
    Btg4—76 to 107 centimeters (29.9 to 42.1 inches); reddish brown (5YR 4/3) clay; 70 percent clay; 3 percent gray (5YR 5/1) fine prominent mottles; moderate coarse prismatic parts to moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; 0.5 fine and medium roots; reddish brown (5YR 4/3) nonintersecting slickensides and black (N 2/0) oxide coats; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P03519
    BC—107 to 124 centimeters (42.1 to 48.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2) silty clay; 45 percent clay; 1 percent red (2.5YR 4/8) fine prominent and 3 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) fine prominent and 21 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) medium prominent mottles; moderate coarse prismatic structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; dark reddish gray (5YR 4/2) nonintersecting slickensides and 10 percent faint black (N 2/0) oxide coats; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P03520
    C1—124 to 140 centimeters (48.8 to 55.1 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay; 50 percent clay; 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct and 3 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/3) fine prominent mottles; massive parts to strong medium prismatic; very firm; very dark gray (N 3/0) coats in root channels and/or pores; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P03521
    C2—140 to 173 centimeters (55.1 to 68.1 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) and dark red (2.5YR 3/6) and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay; 50 percent clay; 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine prominent and 3 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine prominent mottles; massive; very firm; 10 percent very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) coats in root channels and/or pores; fragments; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P03522
    C3—173 to 206 centimeters (68.1 to 81.1 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay; 45 percent clay; 3 percent red (2.5YR 5/6) fine distinct and 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; massive; very firm; very dark gray (N 3/0) coats in root channels and/or pores and olive brown (2.5Y 4/3) nonintersecting slickensides; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P03523
    C4—206 to 221 centimeters (81.1 to 87.0 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) and brown (10YR 5/3) stratified silty clay to silt loam; 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine prominent mottles; massive; very firm; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) coats in root channels and/or pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 92P03524
    C5—221 to 246 centimeters (87.0 to 96.9 inches); dark reddish brown (5YR 3/3) silt loam; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) fine distinct and 3 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) fine distinct mottles; massive; very firm; reddish brown (5YR 4/3) nonintersecting slickensides; fragments. Lab sample # 92P03525