IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): RINDA
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1995IA135001
  • User Pedon ID: S1995IA135001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 95P0833
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 67840
  • Print Date: 11/24/2024

    • 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: 41.1113892
  • Std. Longitude: -93.0530548
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 73N
  • Range: 19W
  • Section: 21
  • PLSS Details: 300 feet north and 300 feet west of the center
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA135—Monroe
  • MLRA: 109—Iowa and Missouri Heavy Till Plain
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-GAL—Gallatin, Missouri
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IA135—Monroe County, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: from a backhoe pit by Louis Boeckman, John Lucassen and Stephen Ernst
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Vertic Epiaqualfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - RINDA
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Vertic Epiaqualfs
  • Classificaton Date - 8/17/1995
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: till
  • Runoff: medium
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/17/1995 (actual site observation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 8
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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
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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; moderate thick platy parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine vesicular pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P05308
    BE—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silty clay loam; 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine vesicular pores; 20 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P05309
    Btg1—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 5/8) fine prominent and 10 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine vesicular pores; 30 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 95P05310
    2Btg2—48 to 66 centimeters (18.9 to 26.0 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) clay; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine prominent and 10 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine vesicular pores; 60 percent prominent dark gray (5Y 4/1) clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular iron-manganese masses; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P05311
    2Btg3—66 to 84 centimeters (26.0 to 33.1 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) clay; 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine prominent and 15 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine vesicular pores; 80 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular iron-manganese masses; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P05312
    2Btg4—84 to 104 centimeters (33.1 to 40.9 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) clay; 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine prominent and 15 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) fine prominent mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium angular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine vesicular pores; 80 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular iron-manganese masses; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P05313
    2Btg5—104 to 124 centimeters (40.9 to 48.8 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) clay; 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine and medium prominent and 15 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) fine and medium prominent mottles; moderate medium prismatic structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 0.5 fine vesicular pores; 80 percent prominent clay films on faces of peds; 1 percent fine irregular iron-manganese masses; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P05314
    2Btg6—124 to 150 centimeters (48.8 to 59.1 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) clay; 35 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) coarse prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic structure; firm; 12 percent distinct clay films on faces of peds and in pores; 1 percent fine irregular iron-manganese masses; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P05315
    2BCg—150 to 175 centimeters (59.1 to 68.9 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) clay loam; 18 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine and medium prominent mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; firm; 1 percent fine irregular iron-manganese masses; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 95P05316
    2Cg1—175 to 201 centimeters (68.9 to 79.1 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) clay loam; 35 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine and medium prominent mottles; massive; firm; 1 percent fine irregular iron-manganese masses; fragments; clear irregular boundary. Lab sample # 95P05317
    2Cg2—201 to 254 centimeters (79.1 to 100.0 inches); gray (5Y 5/1) clay loam; 18 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine and medium prominent mottles; massive; firm; 1 percent fine irregular iron-manganese masses; fragments. Lab sample # 95P05318