IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): MARSHALL
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1963IA029002
  • User Pedon ID: S1963IA029002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1963IA029002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1493
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 35101
  • 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: 41.4227791
  • Std. Longitude: -95.0869446
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 77N
  • Range: 37W
  • Section: 34
  • PLSS Details: 829 feet S of road center and 500 feet E of the NW corner of the NW 1/4, SE 1/4
  • Location Description: approximately 3 miles NW of Atlantic, IA.
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA029—Cass
  • MLRA: 107—Iowa and Missouri Deep Loess Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IA029—Cass County, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: R.I. Dideriksen and W.M Jury
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludolls
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - MARSHALL
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/16/2007
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Marshall
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1963
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: hillside
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: interfluve
  • Slope Position: drainageway
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1963 (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
    • Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    TRIFO

    Trifolium

    clover

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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

    3

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    270

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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); black (10YR 2/1) and very dark brown (10YR 2/2) rubbed, dark gray (10YR 4/1) and grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky parts to weak fine granular structure; friable; 1 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) worm casts; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11650. common fine and medium root channels.
    A12—18 to 33 centimeters (7.1 to 13.0 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2) rubbed and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) rubbed, grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silty clay loam; weak fine granular, and weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 1 percent very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) worm casts; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11651. common fine and medium root channels.
    A3—33 to 45 centimeters (13.0 to 17.7 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2) and pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silty clay loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 1 percent brown (10YR 4/3) worm casts; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A11652. some medium root channels; few peds and pore fills of brown (10YR 4/3).
    B21—45 to 65 centimeters (17.7 to 25.6 inches); brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silty clay loam; weak and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 3.0 fine tubular pores; 3 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) oxide coats; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11653. color same when kneaded; some oriented thin discontinuous very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) stains on a few peds; few black (10YR 2/1) fills in fine vertical channels.
    B22—65 to 85 centimeters (25.6 to 33.5 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; 1 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine faint mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 fine tubular pores; faint clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) oxide coats and 15 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) oxide coats; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11654. color same when kneaded.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 191591; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 191591
    B31—85 to 105 centimeters (33.5 to 41.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; 10 percent grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) fine and 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine and 10 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to weak and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 fine tubular pores; faint clay films on vertical faces of peds and 15 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) oxide coats and 15 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) oxide coats; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11655. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 175012; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 175012
    B32—105 to 120 centimeters (41.3 to 47.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) and brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine and 10 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine mottles; weak medium prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; 10.0 fine and medium tubular pores; 3 percent black (10YR 2/1) oxide coats; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11656. few thin discontinuous films on some vertical faces (may be clay); slight increase in grayish brown color in ped interiors.
    B33—120 to 148 centimeters (47.2 to 58.3 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and brown (10YR 4/3) and olive gray (5Y 5/2) silty clay loam, silt loam; 10 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine and 10 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine mottles; weak medium and coarse prismatic parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 10.0 fine and medium tubular pores; 3 percent faint silt coats on vertical faces of peds and 3 percent black (10YR 2/1) oxide coats; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, unspecified; diffuse smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11657
    C1—148 to 173 centimeters (58.3 to 68.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and olive gray (5Y 5/2) silt loam; massive; friable; 10.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint silt coats on vertical faces of peds and 15 percent black (10YR 2/1) oxide coats and 15 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) oxide coats; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11658. some vertical cleavage.
    C2—173 to 183 centimeters (68.1 to 72.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) and olive gray (5Y 5/2) silt loam; massive; friable; 10.0 very fine and fine tubular pores; 15 percent faint silt coats on vertical faces of peds and 37 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) oxide coats and 37 percent black (10YR 2/1) oxide coats; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11659. some vertical cleavage.
    C3—183 to 193 centimeters (72.0 to 76.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) and yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and olive gray (5Y 5/2) silt loam; massive; friable; 37 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) oxide coats and 37 percent black (10YR 2/1) oxide coats; fragments; neutral, pH 7.0, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A11660