IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Finchford
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1973IA045003
  • User Pedon ID: S1973IA045003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - ISU2015
  • Lab Pedon # - X23-159-1
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 75073
  • 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: 41.7915832
  • Std. Longitude: -90.2640523
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 81N
  • Range: 6E
  • Section: 28
  • PLSS Details: 3400 feet south and 1660 feet west of the northeast corner
  • Location Description: 77 feet east of blacktop road an din line with power poles on each side of road. Last house on west side (and north of playground area)
  • 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: Unknown
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Entic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC6.0B
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Finchford
  • Taxonomic Class - Sandy, mixed, mesic Entic Hapludolls
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/18/1973
  • Classifier - Unknown
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/18/1973 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Unknown
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - close-grown crop
  • 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 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) sand, fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, pH indicator solutions; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU00592. lower in organic matter lower in vf snad due to wind erosion, few pebbles
    A—18 to 46 centimeters (7.1 to 18.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) loamy sand, sand, fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH indicator solutions; gradual smooth boundary. few pebbles
    Bw—46 to 79 centimeters (18.1 to 31.1 inches); dark brown (7.5YR 3/2) loamy sand, sand, fine sand; weak medium subangular blocky structure; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH indicator solutions; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU00593. 10% coarse sand, few common pebbles
    C1—79 to 102 centimeters (31.1 to 40.2 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/3) sand; single grain; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, pH indicator solutions; gradual smooth boundary. 5% coarse sand, few common pebbles
    C2—102 to 127 centimeters (40.2 to 50.0 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3) sand; single grain; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, pH indicator solutions; clear smooth boundary. 5-10% coarse sand, common pebbles
    C3—127 to 152 centimeters (50.0 to 59.8 inches); brown (7.5YR 5/3) coarse sand, sand; single grain; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, pH indicator solutions. common gravel many fine gravel 20% coarser than coarse sand (20-30%)