IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ottumwa
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985SD055001
  • User Pedon ID: 85SD055001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0657
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 56923
  • Print Date: 6/1/2024

    • 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: 44.3141670
  • Std. Longitude: -101.8274994
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 4N
  • Range: 19E
  • Section: 9
  • PLSS Details: 160 feet west and 285 feet north of the southeast corner
  • State: South Dakota
  • County: SD055—Haakon

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Richard Schlepp and Robert Nielsen
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine, smectitic, mesic Vertic Haplustolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Ottumwa
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Ottumwa
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine, montmorillonitic, mesic Vertic Haplustoll
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1985
  • Moisture Class - ustic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1985 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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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    1A1—0 to 5 centimeters (0.0 to 2.0 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; moderate fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P03410
    1A2—5 to 15 centimeters (2.0 to 5.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) interior, moist; silty clay; weak medium prismatic, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P03411
    1Bw1—15 to 38 centimeters (5.9 to 15.0 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) interior, moist; clay; weak medium and coarse prismatic, and moderate fine and medium blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P03412
    1Bk2—38 to 66 centimeters (15.0 to 26.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior and very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) interior, moist; clay; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate medium and coarse blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P03413
    1Bk3—66 to 99 centimeters (26.0 to 39.0 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, moist; clay; weak coarse subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P03414
    1Bky—99 to 130 centimeters (39.0 to 51.2 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, moist; silty clay; weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; hard, firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 15 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) iron stains; 11 percent fine carbonate concretions and 1 percent medium carbonate concretions; 10 percent by volume 2-39-75 millimeter shale, unspecified fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P03415. Common fine accumulations of calcium sulfate.; common fine carbonate concretions concentrations; few medium carbonate concretions concentrations; few iron stains surface features
    1C—130 to 152 centimeters (51.2 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) interior, grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, moist; silty clay loam; massive; soft, friable; 15 percent faint yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) iron stains and 15 percent faint brown (7.5YR 4/4) iron stains; 1 percent fine and medium carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Lab sample # 85P03416. Few fine and medium accumulations of calcium sulfate.; few fine and medium carbonate concretions concentrations; few iron stains surface features; few iron stains surface features