IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Exira
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984IA029101
  • User Pedon ID: 84IA029101
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0387
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 54631
  • 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: 41.4344444
  • Std. Longitude: -95.1030579
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 77N
  • Range: 37W
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: 1260 feet W and 650 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 #: 101
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Exira
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed Typic Hapludolls
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1984
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 3
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: backslope
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1984 (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—13

    13—74

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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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    180

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    1Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); 75 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior and 25 percent brown (10YR 4/3), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior and grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P02052. few roots
    1Bw1—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silty clay loam; 11 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) medium distinct mottles; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; 1 percent iron-manganese masses; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P02053. few soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; few roots; common medium distinct 2.5Y62 mottles
    1Bw1—25 to 41 centimeters (9.8 to 16.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silty clay loam; 11 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) medium distinct mottles; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; 1 percent iron-manganese masses; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P02054. few soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; few roots; common medium distinct 2.5Y62 mottles
    1Bw2—41 to 56 centimeters (16.1 to 22.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silty clay loam; 11 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) medium distinct and 11 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) medium distinct mottles; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; 11 percent iron-manganese masses; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 84P02055. common soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; few roots; common medium distinct 7.5YR44 mottles; common medium distinct 2.5Y62 mottles
    1Bw2—56 to 74 centimeters (22.0 to 29.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silty clay loam; 11 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) medium distinct and 11 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) medium distinct mottles; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 roots; 11 percent iron-manganese masses; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P02056. common soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations; few roots; common medium distinct 7.5YR44 mottles; common medium distinct 2.5Y62 mottles
    1C1—74 to 99 centimeters (29.1 to 39.0 inches); 33 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior and 33 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and 33 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) silt loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2 percent iron-manganese masses; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 84P02057. few to common soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations
    1C2—99 to 142 centimeters (39.0 to 55.9 inches); 33 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior and 33 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) and 33 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; massive; friable; 2 percent iron-manganese masses; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog. few to common soft masses of iron-manganese concentrations