IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ainsworth
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2003IA183001
  • User Pedon ID: S2003IA183001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 04N0284
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 16949
  • 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: 41.1804733
  • Std. Longitude: -91.5373917
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 74N
  • Range: 6W
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 1100 feet north and 1570 feet east of the southwest corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA183—Washington
  • MLRA: 108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-WAV—Waverly, Iowa
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IA183—Washington County, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Sam Steckly
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: OSD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Windows Pedon
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ainsworth
  • PSC - 23 to 83 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/15/2005
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ainsworth
  • Classificaton Date - 12/2/2003
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: silty alluvium and/or Sediments sandy
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 12/2/2003 (actual site observation 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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    11

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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N01319; observed in pit, large or quarry
    Bt1—23 to 46 centimeters (9.1 to 18.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; distinct light gray (10YR 7/2), dry, silt coats on faces of peds and 4 percent faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.3; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N01320; observed in pit, large or quarry. continuous - phpvsfiid 289010; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 289009; continuous - phpvsfiid 289010; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 289009
    Bt2—46 to 76 centimeters (18.1 to 29.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and distinct light gray (10YR 7/2), dry, silt coats on faces of peds and 2 percent manganese or iron-manganese stains; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N01321; observed in pit, large or quarry. continuous - phpvsfiid 289013; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 289011; continuous - phpvsfiid 289013; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 289011
    Bt3—76 to 94 centimeters (29.9 to 37.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on faces of peds and distinct silt coats on faces of peds; 12 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N01322. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 289014; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 289015; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 289014; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 289015
    Bt4—94 to 111 centimeters (37.0 to 43.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; clay films on faces of peds and distinct light gray (10YR 7/2), dry, silt coats on faces of peds; 1 percent fine distinct light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), moist, iron-manganese masses and 1 percent medium distinct strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, iron-manganese masses; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 04N01323; observed in pit, large or quarry. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 289016; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 289017; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 289016; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 289017
    2BC—111 to 132 centimeters (43.7 to 52.0 inches); sandy loam; weak medium prismatic structure; friable; fragments; very strongly acid, pH 4.7; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N01324; observed in pit, large or quarry
    2C1—132 to 153 centimeters (52.0 to 60.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loamy sand; single grain; loose; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.3; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 04N01325; observed in pit, large or quarry
    2C2—153 to 203 centimeters (60.2 to 79.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loamy sand, sand; single grain; loose; fragments. Lab sample # 04N01326; observed in pit, large or quarry