IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Olmitz
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1956IA001003
  • User Pedon ID: S1956IA001003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1442
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 35050
  • Print Date: 5/31/2024

    • 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: 41.3836098
  • Std. Longitude: -94.4661102
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 76N
  • Range: 31W
  • Section: 18
  • PLSS Details: 468 feet east of southwest corner of southwest quarter of northeast quarter of northwest quarter
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA001—Adair
  • MLRA: 108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IA001—Adair County, Iowa
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 41094-C4—Greenfield, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R. B. Daniels, F. J. Carlisle, and G. H. Simonson.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 3
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Olmitz
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Olmitz
  • Classificaton Date - 7/25/1956
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 7/25/1956 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • 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
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    A1p—0 to 15 centimeters (0.0 to 5.9 inches); black (10YR 2/1) and very dark gray (10YR 3/1) crushed, dark gray (10YR 4/1), dry; silty clay loam, silt loam; weak medium granular structure; friable; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A11138
    A12—15 to 36 centimeters (5.9 to 14.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1) and very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A11139
    A12—36 to 56 centimeters (14.2 to 22.0 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A11140
    AB—56 to 74 centimeters (22.0 to 29.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine and medium prismatic structure; friable; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A11141. Some mixing of black (10YR 2/1) by biological activity.
    B21—74 to 91 centimeters (29.1 to 35.8 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and black (10YR 2/1) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak medium prismatic structure; friable; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A11142. continuous - phpvsfiid 186250; continuous - phpvsfiid 186250
    B22—91 to 117 centimeters (35.8 to 46.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) crushed, dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak medium prismatic structure; friable; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A11143. Increase in coarse sand over the B21 and occasional gravel is present.
    B23—117 to 130 centimeters (46.1 to 51.2 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) clay loam; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; firm; clay films on faces of peds; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A11144. The depth to the upper boundary of the stone line ranges from 45 to 47 inches across the face of the cut; stones range in diameter from 2 mm. to 10 inches.; continuous - phpvsfiid 186252; continuous - phpvsfiid 186252
    IIB24—130 to 157 centimeters (51.2 to 61.8 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on vertical faces of peds and brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films on horizontal faces of peds; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A11145. Some mixing of very dark gray brown (10YR 3/2).; continuous - phpvsfiid 186253; continuous - phpvsfiid 186254; continuous - phpvsfiid 186253; continuous - phpvsfiid 186254
    IIC1—157 to 206 centimeters (61.8 to 81.1 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) clay loam; 1 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) fine and 3 percent gray (5Y 5/1) fine distinct mottles; massive; firm; clay films on vertical faces of peds; fragments; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A11146. Sampled 63 to 75 inches.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 186255; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 186255
    IIC2—206 to 236 centimeters (81.1 to 92.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) clay loam; 3 percent gray (5Y 5/1) medium and coarse and 3 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) medium and coarse mottles; massive; firm; 10 percent oxide coats; 3 percent fine white (10YR 8/1) carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A11147