IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Liscomb
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1987IA171053
  • User Pedon ID: 87IA1710053
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 87P0382
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 59677
  • 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: 42.0583344
  • Std. Longitude: -92.5749969
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 84N
  • Range: 15W
  • Section: 27
  • PLSS Details: 1740 feet north and 100 feet east of the center
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA171—Tama
  • MLRA: 104—Eastern Iowa and Minnesota Till Prairies
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-WAV—Waverly, Iowa
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IA171—Tama County, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Humudepts
  • Current Taxon Kind: taxadjunct
  • Pedon Type: taxadjunct to the series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 5
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Liscomb
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 2/12/2013
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Liscomb
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1987
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 3
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: till
  • Landscape: upland
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1987 (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
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    mollic epipedon

    cambic horizon

    0—15

    15—112

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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

    12

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    180

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    Ap—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01956. (10YR 4/3) mixings.
    Bw1—15 to 28 centimeters (5.9 to 11.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) interior loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; brown (10YR 4/3), moist, coats; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01957
    Bw2—28 to 46 centimeters (11.0 to 18.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; brown (10YR 4/3), moist, coats; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01958
    Bw3—46 to 69 centimeters (18.1 to 27.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01959. few fine faint 7.5YR56 mottles
    Bw4—69 to 91 centimeters (27.2 to 35.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine faint mottles; weak fine prismatic, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 87P01960. Few fine red oxides.; few fine faint 7.5YR58 mottles
    BC—91 to 112 centimeters (35.8 to 44.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak fine prismatic structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog; gradual smooth boundary. Few fine red oxides.; few fine distinct 7.5YR56 mottles
    C—112 to 152 centimeters (44.1 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) interior loam; massive; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog. Few fine red oxides.