IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Marquis
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2019IA017501
  • User Pedon ID: S2019IA017501
  • User Site Association ID: NC-WAV_DSPproject_FY20_Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 20N0557
  • User Project ID: 2050NCWAV
  • Project Name: DSP - MLRA 104 - Loamy Upland Prairie Soil in the Cropland State
  • Print Date: 12/9/2025

    • 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: 42.6490200
  • Std. Longitude: -92.4093600
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 91N
  • Range: 13W
  • Section: 32
  • PLSS Details: 2435 feet north and 1800 feet east of SW corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA017—Bremer
  • MLRA: 104—Eastern Iowa and Minnesota Till Prairies
  • Regional Office: 11—Indianapolis, IN
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-WAV—Waverly, Iowa
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IA017—Bremer County, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Camp
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Oxyaquic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Marquis
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/26/2019
  • Classifier - Leland Camp
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Marquis
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Oxyaquic Hapludolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/26/2019
  • Classifier - Leland Camp
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - oxyaquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • QC Status: level 3
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy sediments over till
  • Landscape: dissected till plain
  • Landform: interfluve
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/20/2019 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Camp, Dermody
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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 19 centimeters (0.0 to 7.5 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silt loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; few medium roots throughout and few fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 20N02488, 20N02943, 20N02944
    A—19 to 36 centimeters (7.5 to 14.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silt loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; few fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 20N02489
    BA—36 to 58 centimeters (14.2 to 22.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; few fine roots throughout; 50 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 20N02490
    Bw1—58 to 104 centimeters (22.8 to 40.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few fine roots throughout; 30 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 20N02491
    2Bw2—104 to 140 centimeters (40.9 to 55.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 10 percent faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 15 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 25 percent medium distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions throughout; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-8-20 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 20N02492
    2BC1—140 to 180 centimeters (55.1 to 70.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent medium distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, and yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 25 percent medium distinct gray (10YR 6/1), moist, iron depletions throughout; 2 percent fine irregular very weakly coherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, carbonate masses in matrix; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-8-20 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; strong effervescence; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 20N02493
    2BC2—180 to 200 centimeters (70.9 to 78.7 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) loam; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 5 percent fine distinct yellowish brown (10YR 5/8), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; 2 percent fine irregular very weakly coherent cemented light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, carbonate masses in matrix; 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded 2-8-20 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 20N02494