IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Marquis
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2019IA089501
  • User Pedon ID: S2019IA089501
  • User Site Association ID: NC-WAV_DSPproject_FY20_Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - KSSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 20N0563
  • User Project ID: 2050NCWAV
  • Project Name: DSP - MLRA 104 - Loamy Upland Prairie Soil in the Cropland State
  • Print Date: 12/11/2025

    • 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: 43.4245600
  • Std. Longitude: -92.0805700
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 99N
  • Range: 11W
  • Section: 1
  • PLSS Details: 1587 feet south and 162 feet west of NE corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA089—Howard
  • 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: IA089—Howard 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 - 12/13/2019
  • Classifier - Leland Camp
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Kenyon
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Hapludolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 12/13/2019
  • Classifier - Leland Camp
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • 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: nose 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: 11/4/2019 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Camp
  • 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 26 centimeters (0.0 to 10.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1) loam; moderate fine granular, and moderate medium granular structure; friable; few fine roots throughout; fragments; noneffervescent; clear boundary. Lab sample # 20N02955, 20N02956, 20N02523
    Bw1—26 to 40 centimeters (10.2 to 15.7 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; few very fine roots throughout; 10 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on all faces of peds; fragments; noneffervescent; clear boundary. Lab sample # 20N02524
    2Bw2—40 to 67 centimeters (15.7 to 26.4 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few very fine roots throughout; 35 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 2 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 5-?-76 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method and 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 20N02525
    2Bw3—67 to 130 centimeters (26.4 to 51.2 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) clay loam; moderate fine prismatic parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; firm; few very fine roots throughout; 15 percent distinct grayish brown (10YR 5/2), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 5-?-76 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent; clear boundary. Lab sample # 20N02526
    2BC—130 to 200 centimeters (51.2 to 78.7 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and gray (10YR 6/1) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) loam; weak coarse prismatic parts to weak coarse subangular blocky structure; firm; 3 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 5-?-76 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method and 5 percent by volume nonflat subrounded very strongly coherent cemented 2-3-5 millimeter mixed fragments observed by visual inspection method; noneffervescent. Lab sample # 20N02527