IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kossuth
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1995IA187002
  • User Pedon ID: S1995IA187002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 96P0126
  • User Project ID: 2024-1
  • Project Name: MLRA 103 - Marna-Kossuth and Kamrar-Bode update
  • Print Date: 11/21/2024

    • 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: 42.3814800
  • Std. Longitude: -93.9692100
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Location Description: Webster County, Iowa, in or near Brushy Creek Rec. Area. This profile is the Alden member of the Glacial stratigraphy.
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA187—Webster
  • MLRA: 103—Central Iowa and Minnesota Till Prairies
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IA187—Webster County, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Robin Wisner
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Endoaquolls
  • Pedon Purpose: soil survey inventory
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kossuth
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed Typic Endoaquolls
  • Classificaton Date - 11/27/1995
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: collapsed ice-walled lakebed
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 3/29/2022 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Biol. Crust Type Dominant - cyanobacteria
  • Phys Crust Subtype - vesicular crust
  • Crust Dev Class - weak
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: wind and 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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

    1

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    —

    —

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    45

    762

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    —

    8.3

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    —

    9.4

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    —

    —

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    3985

    HUMBOLDT 3W

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    A1—0 to 28 centimeters (0.0 to 11.0 inches); black (N 2/0) silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 reversible crust related cracks per meter; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P01124
    A2—28 to 43 centimeters (11.0 to 16.9 inches); black (5Y 2/1) silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P01125
    Bg1—43 to 58 centimeters (16.9 to 22.8 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) silty clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # 96P01126
    Bg2—58 to 86 centimeters (22.8 to 33.9 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; 2 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3 percent medium cylindrical noncoherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/1) carbonate masses between peds; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P01127
    Bg3—86 to 109 centimeters (33.9 to 42.9 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine and medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 6 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1) clay films on vertical faces of peds; 5 percent medium and coarse cylindrical noncoherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/1) carbonate masses between peds; fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P01128. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 182309; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 182309
    2BC—109 to 135 centimeters (42.9 to 53.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; 25 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) medium and coarse prominent mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 1 percent medium and coarse cylindrical weakly coherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/1) carbonate concretions throughout; 5 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-sedimentary fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P01129
    2C1—135 to 173 centimeters (53.1 to 68.1 inches); brown (10YR 5/3) clay loam; light olive brown (2.5Y 5/6) and 20 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) medium and coarse distinct mottles; massive; firm; 1 percent coarse dendritic noncoherent cemented olive gray (5Y 5/2) clay bodies in cracks and 1 percent medium cylindrical weakly coherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/1) carbonate concretions throughout; 3 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-sedimentary fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P01130
    2C2—173 to 224 centimeters (68.1 to 88.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay loam; 2 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) fine and medium distinct mottles; massive; firm; 5 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) oxide coats on horizontal faces of peds; 1 percent medium cylindrical weakly coherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/1) carbonate concretions throughout; 2 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-sedimentary fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P01131. continuous - phpvsfiid 182310; continuous - phpvsfiid 182310
    2C3—224 to 244 centimeters (88.2 to 96.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay loam; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) fine and medium distinct mottles; massive; firm; on vertical faces of peds and 2 percent distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) oxide coats on horizontal faces of peds; 2 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-sedimentary fragments; slight effervescence; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P01132. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 182311; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 182311
    2C4—244 to 322 centimeters (96.1 to 126.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) loam; 1 percent dark red (2.5YR 3/6) fine distinct mottles; massive; firm; on vertical faces of peds and 12 percent prominent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) oxide coats on horizontal faces of peds; 2 percent by volume subrounded 2-39-75 millimeter mixed igneous-sedimentary fragments; slight effervescence; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 96P01133. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 182313; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 182313
    2C5—366 to 427 centimeters (144.1 to 168.1 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) and very dark gray (5Y 3/1) loam; massive; firm; 1 percent by volume subrounded 75-162-250 millimeter mixed igneous-sedimentary fragments; slight effervescence. Lab sample # 96P01134