IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Luton
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1970IA133001
  • User Pedon ID: S1970IA133001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A1489
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 35097
  • Print Date: 5/30/2024

    • 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: 42.0841675
  • Std. Longitude: -96.0958328
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 84N
  • Range: 45W
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: 485 feet N and 130 feet E of road center from the SW corner
  • Location Description: about 3 miles N of Onawa.
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA133—Monona
  • MLRA: 107—Iowa and Missouri Deep Loess Hills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IA133—Monona County, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: J.R. Culver, C.S. Fisher, J.R. Worster, and F.F. Riecken
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Very-fine, smectitic, mesic Vertic Haplaquolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Luton
  • PSC - 25 to 100 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 7/23/2007
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Luton
  • Classificaton Date - 10/27/1970
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Landform: backswamp
  • Slope Shape Down: concave
  • Drainage Class: poorly
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/27/1970 (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
    • 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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    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); black (N 2/0) silty clay; weak fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11606. cloddy breaks to weak fine granular.
    A1—18 to 46 centimeters (7.1 to 18.1 inches); black (N 2/0) silty clay; moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) oxide coats; fragments; neutral, pH 6.9, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11607. few small circular areas about 5 mm in diameter of dark grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2).
    A3—46 to 61 centimeters (18.1 to 24.0 inches); very dark gray (5Y 3/1) silty clay; 1 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) fine distinct mottles; strong very fine subangular blocky, and strong very fine angular blocky structure; firm; 15 percent faint very dark brown (10YR 2/2) coats on faces of peds and 15 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) oxide coats; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11608. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 175351; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 175351
    B21g—61 to 81 centimeters (24.0 to 31.9 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) silty clay; 10 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine faint mottles; moderate very fine subangular blocky, and moderate very fine angular blocky structure; very firm; faint clay films on faces of peds and 15 percent dark brown (10YR 3/3) oxide coats; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11609. few 1/4 inch wide vertical cracks are filled with black (N 2/0) silty clay.; continuous - phpvsfiid 175353; continuous - phpvsfiid 175353
    B22g—81 to 102 centimeters (31.9 to 40.2 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) silty clay; 10 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) fine distinct and 10 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; distinct dark gray (5Y 4/1) slickensides (pedogenic) on faces of peds and distinct very dark gray (5Y 3/1) slickensides (pedogenic) on faces of peds and 15 percent faint organic stains on faces of peds; 1 percent fine dark concretions; fragments; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11610. few 1/4 inch wide vertical cracks are filled with black (N 2/0) silty clay.; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 175355; continuous - phpvsfiid 175356; continuous - phpvsfiid 175357; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 175355; continuous - phpvsfiid 175356; continuous - phpvsfiid 175357
    B3g—102 to 128 centimeters (40.2 to 50.4 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) silty clay; 5 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) fine distinct and 5 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; very firm; 55 percent distinct dark gray (5Y 4/1) slickensides (pedogenic) on faces of peds; 1 percent medium carbonate concretions; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11611
    C1g—128 to 152 centimeters (50.4 to 59.8 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) silty clay; 25 percent light olive brown (2.5Y 5/4) medium distinct and 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; 55 percent distinct gray (5Y 5/1) slickensides (pedogenic) on faces of peds; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A11612
    C2g—152 to 178 centimeters (59.8 to 70.1 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) silty clay; 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) medium distinct and 25 percent yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) medium distinct mottles; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very firm; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, unspecified; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A11613
    C3g—178 to 205 centimeters (70.1 to 80.7 inches); dark gray (5Y 4/1) silty clay; 25 percent dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) medium distinct and 25 percent olive brown (2.5Y 4/4) medium distinct mottles; weak medium subangular blocky parts to massive; firm; 1 percent carbonate concretions; fragments; slight effervescence; moderately alkaline, pH 8.1, unspecified. Lab sample # 40A11614