IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Whalan
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1964IA089006
  • User Pedon ID: 1964IA089006
  • User Site Association ID: 11-WAV_Whalan_EVAL_Project
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - ISU2015
  • Lab Pedon # - X45-207-1
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 75248
  • Print Date: 5/20/2024

    • 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: 43.3298750
  • Std. Longitude: -92.1079389
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 98N
  • Range: 11W
  • Section: 2
  • PLSS Details: 790 feet north and 2090 feet west of SE corner
  • Location Description: 790 feet north and 620 feet east of the SW corner of the SE1/4
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA089—Howard
  • 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: IA089—Howard County, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: RL Buckner, Bruns, Voy
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Whalan
  • Classificaton Date - 7/9/2012
  • Classifier - Neil Sass
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Whalan
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 5/6/1964
  • Classifier - Voy
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: level 3
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loamy sediments over clayey paleosol over bedrock limestone
  • Landscape: bedrock controlled till plain
  • Landform: interfluve
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Shape Across: linear
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 5/6/1964 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, lithic

    bedrock, lithic

    very weakly coherent

    strongly coherent

    71 - 152

    152 - 200

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    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

    2

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    Oe—0 to 2 centimeters (0.0 to 0.8 inches); undecomposed organic matter; fragments.
    A—2 to 7 centimeters (0.8 to 2.8 inches); loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; many roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, pH meter 1:2 calcium chloride; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU03762
    E—7 to 30 centimeters (2.8 to 11.8 inches);, light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; loam; moderate fine platy structure; friable; distinct very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) organic stains on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, pH meter 1:2 calcium chloride; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # ISU03764, ISU03763
    BE—30 to 40 centimeters (11.8 to 15.7 inches); loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry, silt coats on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.9, pH meter 1:2 calcium chloride; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # ISU03765. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1362065; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1362065
    Bt1—40 to 50 centimeters (15.7 to 19.7 inches); clay loam; strong fine subangular blocky structure; firm; distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3) clay films on all faces of peds and light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry, silt coats; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, pH meter 1:2 calcium chloride; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # ISU03766. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1362067; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1362067
    2Bt2—50 to 66 centimeters (19.7 to 26.0 inches); clay; strong fine angular blocky, and strong fine subangular blocky structure; very firm; dark brown (10YR 3/3) clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.1, pH meter 1:2 calcium chloride; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # ISU03767. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1362066; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1362066
    2Bt3—66 to 73 centimeters (26.0 to 28.7 inches); sandy loam; limestone, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence; slightly acid, pH 6.4, pH meter 1:2 calcium chloride; abrupt irregular boundary.
    2R1—73 to 154 centimeters (28.7 to 60.6 inches); sandy loam, bedrock; fragments. shattered limestone containing about 10 to 15 percent sandy loam material
    2R2—154 to 155 centimeters (60.6 to 61.0 inches); bedrock; fragments. hard, level-bedded limestone bedrock.