IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Lester
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1993IA169001
  • User Pedon ID: S1993IA169001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 93P0533
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 65876
  • Print Date: 1/29/2025

    • 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: 41.9521000
  • Std. Longitude: -93.6020000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Story County, Iowa - 42 feet West of fence & 177 feet South of fence line.
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA169—Story
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IA169—Story County, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: TEF,ROD,LEB
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Mollic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Lester
  • PSC - 35 to 84 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 1/10/2014
  • Classifier - Myles Elsen
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Lester
  • Classificaton Date - 9/8/1993
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 3


    • SITE

  • Landscape: till plain
  • Landform: hillside
  • Anthropogenic Feature: leveled land
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/17/1993 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • 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

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    180

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    Ap—0 to 21 centimeters (0.0 to 8.3 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), dry; weak fine granular structure; friable; 10.0 fine roots; 5.0 tubular pores; fragments; noneffervescent; clear boundary. Lab sample # 93P03849
    AE—21 to 35 centimeters (8.3 to 13.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; weak fine platy structure; friable; 5.0 fine roots; 5.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains; fragments; noneffervescent; clear boundary. Lab sample # 93P03850. continuous - phpvsfiid 103491; continuous - phpvsfiid 103491
    Bt1—35 to 55 centimeters (13.8 to 21.7 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4); weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 fine roots; 5.0 tubular pores; dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, organic stains; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 93P03851. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 103492; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 103492
    Bt2—55 to 84 centimeters (21.7 to 33.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and brown (10YR 4/3) exterior; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.0 fine roots; 5.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; clear boundary. Lab sample # 93P03852
    BC—84 to 105 centimeters (33.1 to 41.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4); moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 5.0 fine roots; 5.0 tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 93P03853
    C1—105 to 120 centimeters (41.3 to 47.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); 2 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; massive; friable; 5.0 fine roots; 5.0 fine tubular pores; 5 percent fine spherical carbonate nodules throughout; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 93P03854
    C2—120 to 144 centimeters (47.2 to 56.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); 2 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/6) fine prominent and 2 percent pale brown (10YR 6/3) fine distinct mottles; massive; friable; 5.0 fine roots; 5.0 tubular pores; 5 percent fine and medium irregular carbonate concretions throughout; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 93P03855
    C3—144 to 162 centimeters (56.7 to 63.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); 2 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine prominent and 2 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) fine prominent and 10 percent light yellowish brown (2.5Y 6/3) fine distinct mottles; massive; friable; 5.0 fine roots; 5.0 fine tubular pores; 5 percent fine irregular carbonate concretions throughout; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 93P03856
    C4—162 to 190 centimeters (63.8 to 74.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) and light gray (10YR 7/2); massive; friable; 5.0 fine roots; 5.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 93P03857
    C5—190 to 225 centimeters (74.8 to 88.6 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6); massive; friable; 5.0 fine roots; 5.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 93P03858