IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Downs
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984IA1630011
  • User Pedon ID: 84IA1630011
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0415
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 56131
  • 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: 41.7041664
  • Std. Longitude: -90.8166656
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 80N
  • Range: 1E
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 267 feet east and 236 feet south of center
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA163—Scott
  • MLRA: 108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IA163—Scott County, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Mollic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Downs
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Downs
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Mollic Hapludalf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1984
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: upland slope
  • 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
    • 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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    1Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior, brown (10YR 5/3) interior, dry; silty clay loam; weak very fine granular structure; friable; 5.5 fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02033. 10 to 20 percent mixing.; many fine roots
    1Bt1—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior silty clay loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; 5.5 fine roots; 15 percent faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02034. Few fine oxide.; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; many fine roots; continuous - phpvsfiid 230754; continuous - phpvsfiid 230754
    1Bt2—33 to 48 centimeters (13.0 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 fine roots; 15 percent faint brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P02035. Few fine oxides.; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; common fine roots; few fine faint 10YR56 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 230755; continuous - phpvsfiid 230755
    1Bt3—48 to 64 centimeters (18.9 to 25.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint and 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine faint mottles; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 fine roots; 15 percent faint , moist, clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent , moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P02036. Few fine oxides.; few clay films surface features on faces of peds; few clay films surface features on vertical faces of peds; common fine roots; few fine faint 10YR56 mottles; few fine faint 10YR58 mottles; patchy - phpvsfiid 218521; continuous - phpvsfiid 218522; patchy - phpvsfiid 218521; continuous - phpvsfiid 218522
    1Bt4—64 to 79 centimeters (25.2 to 31.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint and 11 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; faint , moist, clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent , moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P02037. Few fine oxides.; few clay films surface features on vertical faces of peds; few fine roots; few fine faint 10YR56 mottles; common fine distinct 10YR52 mottles; patchy - phpvsfiid 218523; continuous - phpvsfiid 218524; patchy - phpvsfiid 218523; continuous - phpvsfiid 218524
    1Bt4—79 to 94 centimeters (31.1 to 37.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint and 11 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; faint , moist, clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent , moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P02038. Few fine oxides.; few clay films surface features on vertical faces of peds; few fine roots; few fine faint 10YR56 mottles; common fine distinct 10YR52 mottles; patchy - phpvsfiid 218525; continuous - phpvsfiid 218526; patchy - phpvsfiid 218525; continuous - phpvsfiid 218526
    1BC—94 to 122 centimeters (37.0 to 48.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint and 11 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium prismatic structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; gradual wavy boundary. Few fine oxides.; few fine roots; few fine faint 10YR56 mottles; common fine distinct 10YR52 mottles
    1C—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior sandy clay loam; 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct and 11 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; massive; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog. Few fine oxides. Colors are mottled.; common fine distinct 10YR56 mottles; common fine distinct 10YR58 mottles