IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Adair
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985IA0290041
  • User Pedon ID: 85IA0290041
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 86P0333
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 58138
  • 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: 41.2555542
  • Std. Longitude: -94.8525009
  • Datum: WGS84
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA029—Cass

    • PEDON

  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Adair
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic Aquollic Hapludalfs
  • Classificaton Date - 11/1/1985
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 2
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/1/1985 (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
    % m degrees mm mm C mm

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    1Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, dry; silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.5 fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P01972. common fine roots
    1Bt1—20 to 38 centimeters (7.9 to 15.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior silty clay loam; 38 percent clay; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct and 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine faint mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 0.5 fine roots; very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, coats on faces of peds and faint dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P01973. (10YR 3/1) mix in upper part.; few fine roots; few fine distinct 7.5YR56 mottles; few fine faint 10YR44 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 220266; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 220266
    2Bt2—38 to 61 centimeters (15.0 to 24.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior clay; 44 percent clay; 1 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) fine distinct and 1 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine distinct and 1 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P01974. Few (10YR 3/1) organic flow in root channels.; few fine roots; few fine distinct 5YR34 mottles; few fine distinct 10YR42 mottles; few fine distinct 2.5Y52 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 220267; continuous - phpvsfiid 220267
    2Bt3—61 to 89 centimeters (24.0 to 35.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) interior clay loam; 39 percent clay; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine distinct and 11 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine distinct and 11 percent dark reddish brown (5YR 3/4) fine distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 0.5 fine roots; faint brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, clay films; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P01975. Few (10YR 3/1) organic flows.; few fine roots; common fine distinct 5YR34 mottles; common fine distinct 7.5YR46 mottles; common fine distinct 2.5Y52 mottles
    2Bt4—89 to 122 centimeters (35.0 to 48.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior clay loam; 37 percent clay; 11 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine distinct and 11 percent dark brown (7.5YR 3/4) fine distinct and 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) fine distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic, and weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; faint dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 86P01976. Some (10YR 3/1) organic flows in root channels.; common fine distinct 2.5Y52 mottles; common fine distinct 7.5YR34 mottles; common fine distinct 7.5YR46 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 220269; continuous - phpvsfiid 220269
    2BC—122 to 152 centimeters (48.0 to 59.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 4/6) interior and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior and dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, hellige-truog. Some organic strains on some ped faces.