IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Ottumwa
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985SD103002
  • User Pedon ID: 85SD103002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0659
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 56925
  • 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: 44.1452789
  • Std. Longitude: -102.0358353
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 2N
  • Range: 17E
  • Section: 11
  • PLSS Details: 2,130 feet west and 2,270 feet north of the southeast corner
  • State: South Dakota
  • County: SD103—Pennington

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Robert Neilsen and Richard Schlepp
  • 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 #: 2
  • 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 3 centimeters (0.0 to 1.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; silty clay; weak medium granular, and weak very fine and fine granular structure; slightly hard, friable, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P03425
    1A2—3 to 13 centimeters (1.2 to 5.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) interior, moist; silty clay; moderate medium blocky, and moderate fine blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 85P03426
    1Bw1—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) interior, moist; clay; weak coarse prismatic, and moderate medium blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P03427
    1Bw2—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) interior, moist; clay; moderate coarse blocky, and moderate medium blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 15 percent distinct nonintersecting slickensides; fragments; slight effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P03428. few nonintersecting slickensides surface features
    1Bk1—43 to 64 centimeters (16.9 to 25.2 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, very dark grayish brown (2.5Y 3/2) interior and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, moist; clay; moderate coarse blocky, and moderate medium blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 15 percent faint nonintersecting slickensides; 1 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P03429. few fine carbonate concretions concentrations; few nonintersecting slickensides surface features
    1Bk2—64 to 84 centimeters (25.2 to 33.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior, dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) interior, moist; clay; moderate coarse blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # 85P03430. few fine carbonate concretions concentrations
    1Bky—84 to 104 centimeters (33.1 to 40.9 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; silty clay; weak coarse blocky structure; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; 1 percent fine carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n; gradual wavy boundary. Few medium and common fine accumulations of calcium sulfate.; few fine carbonate concretions concentrations
    1C—104 to 152 centimeters (40.9 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) interior, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) interior, moist; silty clay; massive; very hard, very firm, moderately sticky, moderately plastic; fragments; strong effervescence, by hcl, 1n. Few fine and medium accumulations of calcium sulfate.