IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Sparta
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974IA103004
  • User Pedon ID: S1974IA103004
  • User Site Association ID: 11-WAV_Sparta_Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A2344
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 37041
  • 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: 41.5663872
  • Std. Longitude: -91.5037994
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 78N
  • Range: 6W
  • Section: 14
  • PLSS Details: NE1/4NE1/4
  • Location Description: 275 feet north from corner fence of homestead and 215 feet east.
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA103—Johnson
  • MLRA: 108—Illinois and Iowa Deep Loess and Drift
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-WAV—Waverly, Iowa
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IA103—Johnson County, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Sandy, mixed, mesic Entic Hapludolls
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Record Orgin: NASIS
  • Pedon #: 4
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Sparta
  • Classificaton Date - 7/11/2007
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Sparta
  • Classificaton Date - 10/17/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 0
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvial sand
  • Landform: terrace
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/17/1974 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
    • Setting and Climate
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    Ap—0 to 23 centimeters (0.0 to 9.1 inches); very dark brown (10YR 2/2), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; loamy very fine sand; weak fine granular structure; very friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A18371
    A3—23 to 38 centimeters (9.1 to 15.0 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; loamy very fine sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear wavy boundary. Lab sample # 40A18372
    B2—38 to 71 centimeters (15.0 to 28.0 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3), brown (10YR 5/3), dry; loamy very fine sand; weak coarse subangular blocky structure; very friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; gradual boundary. Lab sample # 40A18373
    C1—71 to 104 centimeters (28.0 to 40.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A18374
    C2—104 to 137 centimeters (40.9 to 53.9 inches); brown (7.5YR 4/4) stratified sandy loam; massive; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A18375
    C3—137 to 150 centimeters (53.9 to 59.1 inches); light gray (10YR 7/2), very pale brown (10YR 8/2), dry; fine sand; single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0; clear boundary. Lab sample # 40A18376
    C4—150 to 157 centimeters (59.1 to 61.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) stratified loamy very fine sand; very friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0. Lab sample # 40A18377