IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Shelby
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: 1987IA159002
  • User Pedon ID: 1987IA159002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0373
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59668
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024

    • 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: 40.8579600
  • Std. Longitude: -94.2374000
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Map Unit: 24E2—Shelby clay loam, 14 to 18 percent slopes, moderately eroded
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA159—Ringgold
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-GAL—Gallatin, Missouri

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Shelby
  • PSC - 18 to 68 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Shelby
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Argiudolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 18 to 68 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1987
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 3
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1987 (entry creation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • 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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior and 40 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 2.5 fine roots; 15 percent faint dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, coats on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01904. few coats surface features on faces of peds; common fine roots
    Bt1—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 2.5 fine roots; 15 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 87P01905. few clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; common fine roots
    Bt2—36 to 51 centimeters (14.2 to 20.1 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior clay loam; 11 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic, and weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 15 percent distinct dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, clay films in root channels and/or pores; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 87P01906. few clay films surface features in root channels and/or pores; few fine roots; common fine distinct 2.5Y52 mottles
    C1—51 to 71 centimeters (20.1 to 28.0 inches); light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior clay loam; 11 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine distinct mottles; massive; firm; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 87P01907. Few distinct (N 2/0) dark oxides. Few fine Ca nodules.; common fine distinct 2.5Y52 mottles
    C2—71 to 99 centimeters (28.0 to 39.0 inches); 10YR 6/ (10YR 6/), interior clay loam; 11 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) medium prominent mottles; massive; firm; 0.5 very fine roots; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 87P01909. Few distinct (N 2/0) dark oxides. Few fine Ca nodules.; few very fine roots; common medium prominent 2.5Y62 mottles
    C3—99 to 152 centimeters (39.0 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior clay loam; 11 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) medium prominent mottles; massive; firm; fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, hellige-truog. Few distinct (N 2/0) dark oxides. Common fine and medium Ca nodules.; common medium prominent 2.5Y62 mottles