IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Thorp
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1972IA045004
  • User Pedon ID: S1972IA045004
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - ISU2015
  • Lab Pedon # - X23-404-1
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 75104
  • 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: 41.7821405
  • Std. Longitude: -90.3336177
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 81N
  • Range: 5E
  • Section: 36
  • PLSS Details: 260 feet south and 200 feet west of center north side SW1/4NW1/4
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA045—Clinton
  • MLRA: 115C—Central Mississippi Valley Wooded Slopes, Northern Part
  • Regional Office: 11—Indianapolis, IN
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-SPI—Springfield, Illinois
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IA045—Clinton County, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Wayne Frederick, Larry Johnson, RL Mendenhall
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Argiaquic Argialbolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC6.0B
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Thorp
  • Classificaton Date - 9/14/1972
  • Classifier - Wayne Frederick
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture Subclass - aquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Thorp
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Argiaquic Argialbolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 9/14/1972
  • Classifier - Wayne Frederick
  • Moisture Class - aquic
  • Moisture SUBClass - aquic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: loess
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: depression, pothole
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/14/1972 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Wayne D Frederick
  • 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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    Ap—0 to 25 centimeters (0.0 to 9.8 inches); black (10YR 2/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; silt loam; 10 percent sand; 25 percent clay; cloddy parts to weak subangular blocky structure; friable; worm casts; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # ISU00346
    E1—25 to 43 centimeters (9.8 to 16.9 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1), gray (10YR 6/1), dry; silt loam; 12 percent sand; 20 percent clay; brown (10YR 4/3) fine faint mottles; moderate thin platy parts to moderate medium platy structure; friable; light gray (10YR 7/1), dry, coats; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # ISU00347. continuous - phpvsfiid 1268349; continuous - phpvsfiid 1268349
    E2—43 to 56 centimeters (16.9 to 22.0 inches); dark gray (10YR 4/1) and gray (10YR 5/1) silt loam; 12 percent sand; 18 percent clay; brown (10YR 4/3) fine faint mottles; weak thin platy parts to weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # ISU00348. 20-22" concentration of 5YR3/2 and 4/6 conc 2mm and less
    Bt1—56 to 64 centimeters (22.0 to 25.2 inches); grayish brown (10YR 5/2) interior and very dark gray (10YR 3/1) exterior silty clay loam; 8 percent sand; 33 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; rigid; light gray (10YR 7/1), dry, coats on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual wavy boundary. Lab sample # ISU00349. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1268350; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1268350
    Bt2—64 to 89 centimeters (25.2 to 35.0 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; 6 percent sand; 34 percent clay; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU00350
    Bt3—89 to 104 centimeters (35.0 to 40.9 inches); olive gray (5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; 8 percent sand; 34 percent clay; yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) fine faint mottles; moderate medium prismatic parts to moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; very dark gray (10YR 3/1), moist, and dark gray (10YR 4/1), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU00351
    BC—104 to 117 centimeters (40.9 to 46.1 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silty clay loam; 10 percent sand; 28 percent clay; strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; massive; friable; fragments; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # ISU00352. 1/2 to 2" sandy loam strata
    2C—117 to 152 centimeters (46.1 to 59.8 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) stratified sandy loam; 50 percent sand; 18 percent clay; strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; very friable; fragments. Lab sample # ISU00353