IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Steinauer
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984IA035004
  • User Pedon ID: 84IA035004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 84P0773
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 55016
  • Print Date: 5/30/2024

    • 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: 42.8666649
  • Std. Longitude: -95.6666641
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 93N
  • Range: 41W
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: 680 feet S and 160 feet E of the NW corner
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA035—Cherokee
  • MLRA: 107—Iowa and Missouri Deep Loess Hills

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. Ceolla, T. Fenton, R. Kuehl, and D. Reeves
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Udorthents
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Steinauer
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Steinauer
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed (calcareous), mesic Typic Udorth
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1984
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: nose slope
  • Hill Slope Profile: shoulder
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1984 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - grass/herbaceous 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

    ochric epipedon

    0—8

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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

    22

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    409

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    1A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and brown (10YR 4/3), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and light yellowish brown (10YR 6/4), dry; clay loam; moderate fine granular structure; very hard, firm; 2.5 fine roots; 1 percent lime masses; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, phenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P04314. (10YR 5/2) moist kneaded color.; few very fine soft masses of lime concentrations; common fine roots
    1AC—8 to 19 centimeters (3.1 to 7.5 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; clay loam; 1 percent gray (10YR 5/1) distinct mottles; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 2.5 fine roots; 11 percent fine and medium lime masses and 11 percent fine and medium carbonate concretions; 8 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; slightly alkaline, pH 7.8, phenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P04315. Darker colors are mixings.; common fine and medium soft masses of lime concentrations; common fine and medium lime concretions concentrations; common fine roots; few distinct 10YR51 mottles
    1C1—19 to 45 centimeters (7.5 to 17.7 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior clay loam; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 37 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, coats on faces of peds; 11 percent lime masses; 4 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, phenol red; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P04316. (10YR 5/1) masses. Lime accumulations are powdery and are throughout the horizon.; common soft masses of lime concentrations; common coats surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 217616; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 217616
    1C2—45 to 63 centimeters (17.7 to 24.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior clay loam; massive, and weak medium and coarse blocky; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 37 percent brown (10YR 4/3), moist, coats on faces of peds; 1 percent iron concretions; 1 percent fine lime masses; 4 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; violent effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, phenol red; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P04317. Iron masses are (5YR 4/6) mostly along planes of weakness. (10YR 5/1) masses.; few iron concretions concentrations; few fine soft masses of lime concentrations; common coats surface features on faces of peds; few fine roots; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 217617; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 217617
    1C3—63 to 106 centimeters (24.8 to 41.7 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior and gray (10YR 5/1) clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine faint and 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine faint mottles; massive, and weak coarse angular blocky; firm; 0.5 fine roots; 1 percent iron concretions; 1 percent fine and medium lime masses; 4 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, phenol red; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P04318. Iron concretions (7.5YR 4/4) 1 cm in diameter. Few fine lime concretions.; few iron concretions concentrations; few fine and medium soft masses of lime concentrations; few fine roots; few fine faint 7.5YR56 mottles; few fine faint 7.5YR46 mottles
    1C4—106 to 151 centimeters (41.7 to 59.4 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and gray (10YR 5/1) clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine faint and 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine faint mottles; massive, and weak coarse angular blocky; very hard, firm; 0.1 fine roots; 1 percent iron concretions; 1 percent fine lime masses; 2 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.2, phenol red; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P04319. Iron concretions (7.5YR 4/4) 1 cm in diameter. Few fine lime concretions.; few iron concretions concentrations; few fine soft masses of lime concentrations; very few fine roots; few fine faint 7.5YR56 mottles; few fine faint 7.5YR46 mottles
    1C5—151 to 207 centimeters (59.4 to 81.5 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and gray (10YR 5/1) clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; massive; very firm; 15 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds; 1 percent iron concretions and 1 percent medium masses of oxidized iron; 6 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, phenol red; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 84P04320. Iron concretions (5YR 4/6) in color. Few (10R 3/6) iron masses. Few hard and soft lime fragments. Managanese is associated with gray colors.; few iron concretions concentrations; few medium soft masses of iron concentrations; few manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features on faces of peds; few fine faint 7.5YR56 mottles
    1C6—207 to 238 centimeters (81.5 to 93.7 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and gray (10YR 5/1) clay loam; massive; very firm; 15 percent very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, manganese or iron-manganese stains on faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron concretions and 1 percent fine masses of oxidized iron; 4 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter mixed fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; moderately alkaline, pH 8.0, phenol red. Lab sample # 84P04321. Manganese is associated with gray colors. Few hard and soft lime segregations.; few fine iron concretions concentrations; few fine soft masses of iron concentrations; few manganese or iron-manganese stains surface features on faces of peds