IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MUSCATINE
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1960IA075001
  • User Pedon ID: S1960IA075001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1439
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 35047
  • Print Date: 6/3/2024

    • 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: 42.3358345
  • Std. Longitude: -92.8536148
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 87N
  • Range: 17W
  • Section: 20
  • PLSS Details: 130 feet south and 126 feet west of the northeast corner of NW1/4SW1/4NE1/4
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA075—Grundy
  • 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: IA075—Grundy County, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: D. F. Slusher and R. L. Buckner.
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Aquic Hapludolls
  • Pedon Purpose: full pedon description
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - MUSCATINE
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Muscatine
  • Classificaton Date - 10/13/1960
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Landscape: upland
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Surface Fragments: 0.00 percent
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/13/1960 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - other
  • 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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; massive parts to weak fine subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular; firm; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A11111
    A12—18 to 36 centimeters (7.1 to 14.2 inches); black (10YR 2/1) silty clay loam; moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A11112
    A3—36 to 46 centimeters (14.2 to 18.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) and very dark gray (10YR 3/1) rubbed silty clay loam; 1 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) fine distinct and 1 percent dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) fine distinct and 1 percent dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) fine distinct mottles; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent fine dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) worm casts and 1 percent fine very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) worm casts and 1 percent fine dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) worm casts; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A11113
    B1—46 to 58 centimeters (18.1 to 22.8 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1) and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) rubbed silty clay loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine tubular pores; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A11114
    B21—58 to 76 centimeters (22.8 to 29.9 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) exterior and olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) interior and olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) rubbed silty clay loam; moderate very fine and fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent distinct clay films on vertical faces of peds; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; 1 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) worm casts; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A11115. Mixings from rodents (10YR 3/1).; patchy - phpvsfiid 196323; patchy - phpvsfiid 196323
    B22—76 to 89 centimeters (29.9 to 35.0 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior and dark grayish brown (2.5Y 4/2) exterior and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior and light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) interior silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; weak and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 10 percent faint clay films on faces of peds; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A11116. patchy - phpvsfiid 196324; patchy - phpvsfiid 196324
    B31—89 to 104 centimeters (35.0 to 40.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) interior and dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) exterior and grayish brown (10YR 5/2) exterior silty clay loam; 1 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint and 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct and 3 percent brown (10YR 4/3) fine faint and 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 3 percent fine noncoherent cemented iron-manganese concretions; 1 percent dark gray (10YR 4/1) clay bodies; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A11117. Clay bodies appear as streaks on ped faces.
    B32—104 to 119 centimeters (40.9 to 46.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct and 3 percent brown (10YR 5/3) fine faint and 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine noncoherent cemented iron-manganese concretions; fragments; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A11118
    B3C1—119 to 135 centimeters (46.9 to 53.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) exterior silt loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine and medium distinct and 3 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak coarse prismatic structure; friable; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slight effervescence; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A11119
    C2—135 to 152 centimeters (53.1 to 59.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silt loam; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine distinct and 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine and medium prominent mottles; massive; friable; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent noncoherent cemented iron-manganese concretions; 1 percent noncoherent cemented very pale brown (10YR 8/3) carbonate concretions; fragments; strong effervescence; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A11120
    C3—152 to 178 centimeters (59.8 to 70.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silt loam; 1 percent yellowish red (5YR 4/6) medium distinct and 21 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine and medium prominent mottles; massive; friable; 3.0 very fine tubular pores; 1 percent fine noncoherent cemented iron-manganese concretions; 1 percent noncoherent cemented very pale brown (10YR 8/3) carbonate concretions at top of horizon; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A11121