IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Floyd
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2004IA017003
  • User Pedon ID: S2004IA017003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 05N0263
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 16540
  • Print Date: 1/31/2025

    • 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: 42.6705551
  • Std. Longitude: -92.5398865
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 91N
  • Range: 14W
  • Section: 30
  • PLSS Details: NE1/2NE1/4
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA017—Bremer
  • MLRA: 104—Eastern Iowa and Minnesota Till Prairies
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-WAV—Waverly, Iowa
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IA017—Bremer County, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: RJV
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Floyd
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Aquic Hapludolls
  • Classificaton Date - 11/8/2004
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: sediments over glacial till loamy
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Drainage Class: somewhat poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/8/2004 (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
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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) interior loam; 23 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01542; moist when described; observed in pit, small. Thin< 1/4" of 10YR 4/2 strata.
    A1—23 to 37 centimeters (9.1 to 14.6 inches); black (N 2/0) interior silty clay loam; 28 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 very fine roots throughout and 3.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01543; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    AB—37 to 49 centimeters (14.6 to 19.3 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior silty clay loam; 28 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01544; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bw—49 to 61 centimeters (19.3 to 24.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior silt loam; 25 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 very fine roots throughout and 2.0 fine roots throughout; 10 percent distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01545; moist when described; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 283787; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 283787
    Bg1—61 to 80 centimeters (24.0 to 31.5 inches); olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) interior silt loam; 20 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1.0 very fine roots throughout and 1.0 fine roots throughout; 5 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, iron depletions and 5 percent fine very dark brown (10YR 2/2), moist, manganese masses and 30 percent fine yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, iron-manganese masses; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 05N01546; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    Bg2—80 to 103 centimeters (31.5 to 40.6 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior and very dark brown (2.5Y 4/4) interior and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silt loam; 20 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N01547; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2BC1—103 to 118 centimeters (40.6 to 46.5 inches); very gravelly silt loam; 15 percent clay; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 5 percent fine iron-manganese masses throughout; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 05N01548; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2BC2—118 to 167 centimeters (46.5 to 65.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior and gray (10YR 6/1) interior clay loam; moderate coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments. Lab sample # 05N01549; moist when described; observed in pit, small
    2BC2—167 to 200 centimeters (65.7 to 78.7 inches); clay loam; firm; fragments. Lab sample # 05N01550; moist when described; observed in pit, small