IDENTIFIERS
Current Taxon Name (Soil Name):
Moville
OSD
Series Extent
User Site ID:
S2002IA085001L
User Pedon ID:
S2002IA085001
Lab Information:
Certified Lab Pedon Description -
no
Lab Source ID -
SSL
Lab Pedon # -
02N1079
NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID -
14056
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:
41.5846405
Std. Longitude:
-95.9057007
Datum:
WGS84
Township:
78N
Range:
44W
Section:
4
PLSS Details:
2200 feet West and 2400 feet and North of the southeast corner
Location Description:
2200 feet west and 2400 north of the southeast corner, section 4, T. 18 N., R. 44 W.
Country:
US—United States
State:
Iowa
County:
IA085—Harrison
MLRA:
107—Iowa and Missouri Deep Loess Hills
Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area:
IA085—Harrison County, Iowa
PEDON
Describers Name:
Richard A. Lensch
Current Taxonomic Class:
Coarse-silty over clayey, mixed, superactive, calcareous, mesic Aquic Udifluvents
Current Taxon Kind:
series
Pedon Type:
TUD pedon
Pedon Purpose:
full pedon description
Pedon Record Orgin:
Windows Pedon
Pedon #:
1
Sampled As Information:
Soil Name -
Moville
Taxonomic Class -
Coarse-silty over clayey, mixed, superactive, calcareous, mesic Aquic Udifluvents
Classificaton Date -
8/31/2002
Soil Taxonomic Edition -
eighth edition
Moisture SUBClass -
aquic
Dynamic Soil Properties:
Erosion Class -
2
Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator -
no
Hydric:
no
SITE
Parent Material:
Formed in Alluvium
Runoff:
very low
Drainage Class:
somewhat poorly
Flooding:
rare flooding for brief periods
Surface Fragments:
Benchmark Soil?:
no
VEGETATION
SITE OBSERVATION
Observation Date:
8/31/2002 (entry creation date)
Surface Cover Properties:
Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 -
crop 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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Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), dry; silt loam; 14 percent clay; weak very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine roots; 13.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N05712; observed in push tube
C1—15 to 38 centimeters (5.9 to 15.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) silt loam; 14 percent clay; very friable; 15.0 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N05713; observed in push tube
C2—38 to 71 centimeters (15.0 to 28.0 inches); 60 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and 35 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and 5 percent very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) silt loam; 13 percent clay; weak fine lenticular platy structure; very friable; 6.0 fine roots; 15.0 very fine tubular pores; 2 percent fine distinct light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) masses of oxidized iron; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N05714; observed in push tube
2Ab1—71 to 89 centimeters (28.0 to 35.0 inches); black (N 2/0) silty clay; 45 percent clay; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots; 10.0 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent fine distinct dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) masses of reduced iron; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N05715; observed in push tube
2Ab2—89 to 112 centimeters (35.0 to 44.1 inches); black (N 2/0) silty clay; 48 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 10.0 very fine tubular pores; 5 percent fine distinct dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) masses of reduced iron; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.3; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N05716; observed in push tube
2Bssgb1—112 to 135 centimeters (44.1 to 53.1 inches); very dark gray (2.5Y 3/1) clay; 62 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 5.0 very fine tubular pores; 25 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1) slickensides (pedogenic) and 99 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1) organic stains; 5 percent fine distinct dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) masses of reduced iron; fragments; noneffervescent; neutral, pH 7.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N05717; observed in push tube
2Bssgb2—135 to 163 centimeters (53.1 to 64.2 inches); clay; 70 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 5.0 very fine tubular pores; 35 percent distinct very dark gray (5Y 3/1) slickensides (pedogenic) and 80 percent distinct greenish black (10Y 2/1) organic stains; fine distinct dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) masses of reduced iron and 5 percent fine distinct dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) masses of reduced iron; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.4; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 02N05718; observed in push tube
2Bkssgb—163 to 203 centimeters (64.2 to 79.9 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) clay; 70 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic structure; very friable; 5.0 very fine tubular pores; 50 percent distinct dark gray (5Y 4/1), moist, slickensides (pedogenic) and 80 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1) organic stains; 5 percent fine distinct dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) masses of reduced iron; fragments; slight effervescence; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6. Lab sample # 02N05719; observed in push tube