IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Exira
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1983IA029103
  • User Pedon ID: 83IA029103
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0389
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 54633
  • 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: 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 #: 103
  • 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—79

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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

    11

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    315

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    1Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior and dark brown (10YR 3/3), grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dry; silty clay loam; weak and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P02064
    1Bw1—15 to 30 centimeters (5.9 to 11.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silty clay loam; 11 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine distinct mottles; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P02065. common fine distinct 2.5Y52 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 216866; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 216866
    1Bw2—30 to 46 centimeters (11.8 to 18.1 inches); 33 percent brown (10YR 4/3) interior and 33 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and 33 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; brown (10YR 4/3), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P02066. common fine faint 10YR56 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 216867; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 216867
    1Bw3—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); 33 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior and 33 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and 33 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) silty clay loam; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; brown (10YR 4/3), moist, organic stains on faces of peds; 1 percent iron-manganese masses; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P02067. few soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; common fine faint 10YR56 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 216868; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 216868
    1BC—61 to 79 centimeters (24.0 to 31.1 inches); 33 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior and 33 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and 33 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent iron-manganese masses; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P02068. few soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations
    1C1—79 to 102 centimeters (31.1 to 40.2 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior silt loam; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) medium prominent mottles; massive; friable; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent iron-manganese masses; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 84P02069. few soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; common medium prominent 7.5YR56 mottles
    1C2—102 to 122 centimeters (40.2 to 48.0 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior silt loam; 30 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) coarse prominent and 30 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) coarse prominent mottles; massive; friable; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent iron-manganese masses; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog; gradual boundary. few soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; many coarse prominent 7.5YR56 mottles; many coarse prominent 5YR44 mottles
    1C3—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior silt loam; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) coarse prominent and 11 percent reddish brown (5YR 4/4) coarse prominent mottles; massive; friable; 0.5 fine tubular pores; 1 percent iron-manganese masses; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog. few soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; common coarse prominent 7.5YR56 mottles; common coarse prominent 5YR44 mottles