IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Marshall
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S2006IA029001
  • User Pedon ID: S06IA029001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 06N0307
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 17293
  • 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: 41.4319153
  • Std. Longitude: -95.0260315
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 71N
  • Range: 36W
  • Section: 31
  • PLSS Details: 110 feet south and 975 feet west of the northeast corner
  • Location Description: 110 feet (34 meters) South and 975 feet (297 meters) West of the Northeast corner
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA029—Cass
  • MLRA: 107—Iowa and Missouri Deep Loess Hills
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IA029—Cass County, Iowa
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41095-D1—Atlantic, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Rick Bednarek, David M. Gundlach
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: classifies to current taxon name, full description
  • Pedon Purpose: research site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Marshall
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 9/3/2013
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Marshall Sicl
  • Classificaton Date - 11/28/2005
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - ninth edition
  • Moisture SUBClass - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 1
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Slope Shape Down: linear
  • Runoff: low
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 11/28/2005 (entry creation date)
  • Air Photo ID: 11
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • 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

    3

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    Ap—0 to 20 centimeters (0.0 to 7.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; 31 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; friable; 2.0 fine roots throughout; 1.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N01151; observed in pit, small
    A1—20 to 43 centimeters (7.9 to 16.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; 31 percent clay; weak medium subangular blocky parts to moderate medium granular structure; friable; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N01152; observed in pit, small
    AB—43 to 54 centimeters (16.9 to 21.3 inches); 90 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and 10 percent brown (10YR 4/3), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; 32 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 75 percent distinct very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, organic stains on vertical faces of peds; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 06N01153; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 306880; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 306880
    Bw1—54 to 76 centimeters (21.3 to 29.9 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; 33 percent clay; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 50 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, organic stains on vertical faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N01154; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 306872; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 306872
    Bw2—76 to 98 centimeters (29.9 to 38.6 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; 33 percent clay; weak medium prismatic parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 2.0 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 30 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, organic stains on vertical faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N01155; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 306873; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 306873
    Bw3—98 to 130 centimeters (38.6 to 51.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 32 percent clay; weak medium prismatic structure; friable; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; and 30 percent distinct dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, organic stains on vertical faces of peds; 5 percent fine prominent irregular grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, iron depletions throughout and 5 percent fine distinct irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N01156; observed in pit, small. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 306874; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 306874
    BC—130 to 152 centimeters (51.2 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; 29 percent clay; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; 4 percent fine distinct irregular yellowish brown (10YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 30 percent fine prominent irregular grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, iron depletions throughout; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 06N01157; observed in pit, small
    C—152 to 203 centimeters (59.8 to 79.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; 26 percent clay; massive; friable; 1.0 very fine roots throughout; 1.0 very fine tubular pores; ; 30 percent fine prominent irregular strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, masses of oxidized iron throughout and 35 percent medium prominent irregular grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2), moist, iron depletions throughout; fragments. Lab sample # 06N01158; observed in pit, small