IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Exira
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1983IA029102
  • User Pedon ID: 83IA029102
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0388
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 54632
  • Print Date: 6/1/2024

    • 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: 41.4352760
  • Std. Longitude: -95.1025009
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 77N
  • Range: 37W
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: 1165 feet W and 920 feet N of SE corner
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA029—Cass

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: M. Sherwood
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 102
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Exira
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed Typic Hapludolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1983
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1983 (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
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—15

    15—97

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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

    7

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    225

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    1Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior and brown (10YR 4/3), grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dry; silty clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P02058
    1Bw1—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silty clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 15 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P02059. few organic coats surface features on faces of peds; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 216863; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 216863
    1Bw2—28 to 41 centimeters (11.0 to 16.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silty clay loam; 11 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine and medium distinct and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 84P02060. common fine and medium distinct 2.5Y52 mottles; common fine faint 10YR54 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 216864; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 216864
    1Bw2—41 to 53 centimeters (16.1 to 20.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silty clay loam; 11 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine and medium distinct and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P02061. common fine and medium distinct 2.5Y52 mottles; common fine faint 10YR54 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 216865; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 216865
    1Bw3—53 to 74 centimeters (20.9 to 29.1 inches); 33 percent brown (10YR 4/3) interior and 33 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and 33 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P02062. few fine soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; common fine faint 10YR56 mottles
    1BC—74 to 97 centimeters (29.1 to 38.2 inches); 33 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior and 33 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and 33 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 11 percent fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P02063. common fine soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations
    1C1—97 to 125 centimeters (38.2 to 49.2 inches); 33 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior and 33 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and 33 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silt loam; massive; friable; 11 percent fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog. common fine soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations
    1C2—125 to 152 centimeters (49.2 to 59.8 inches); 33 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior and 33 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and 33 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; massive; friable; 11 percent fine iron-manganese masses; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog. common fine soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; common fine distinct 10YR56 mottles