IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Dow
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1974IA129002
  • User Pedon ID: S1974IA129002
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1974IA129002
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 40A5197
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 41894
  • Print Date: 6/1/2024

    • 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: 40.9672203
  • Std. Longitude: -95.3913879
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 71N
  • Range: 40W
  • Section: 12
  • PLSS Details: 740 feet east and 220 feet north of the SW corner of the NE1/4
  • Location Description: Measurements from center of US Highway 59.
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA129—Mills
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IA129—Mills County, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: T. E. Fenton, C. S. Fisher, D. Lockridge
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Udorthents
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from PDP 3.x
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Dow
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, mesic Typic Udorthents
  • Classificaton Date - 9/1/1974
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 4
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: Wisconsin loess
  • Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope
  • Slope Shape Across: convex
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 9/1/1974 (actual site observation date)
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - row crop
  • 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

    ZEMA

    Zea mays

    corn

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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

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    11

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) and brown (10YR 4/3), pale brown (10YR 6/3), dry; silty clay loam; 34 percent clay; cloddy, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39083
    B21—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) and brown (10YR 4/3) silty clay loam; 32 percent clay; 1 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct and 1 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct mottles; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39084
    B22—25 to 48 centimeters (9.8 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) and light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silty clay loam; 28 percent clay; 3 percent grayish brown (10YR 5/2) fine distinct and 3 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine distinct and 3 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39085
    B3—48 to 76 centimeters (18.9 to 29.9 inches); grayish brown (2.5Y 5/2) silt loam; 26 percent clay; 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent and 21 percent brown (7.5YR 4/4) fine prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic, and weak medium and coarse subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39086
    C1—76 to 100 centimeters (29.9 to 39.4 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silt loam; 24 percent clay; 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent and 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine prominent and 21 percent 5Y 5/8 (5Y 5/8) fine prominent and 21 percent olive (5Y 5/6) fine prominent mottles; weak medium prismatic, and massive; very friable; fragments; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39087
    C2—100 to 125 centimeters (39.4 to 49.2 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silt loam; 24 percent clay; 21 percent olive (5Y 5/6) fine prominent and 21 percent 5Y 5/8 (5Y 5/8) fine prominent and 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine prominent and 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; massive; very friable; fragments; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # 40A39088
    C3—125 to 150 centimeters (49.2 to 59.1 inches); light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) silt loam; 24 percent clay; 21 percent olive (5Y 5/6) fine prominent and 21 percent 5Y 5/8 (5Y 5/8) fine prominent and 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine prominent and 21 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine prominent mottles; massive, and weak medium prismatic; very friable; fragments; strong effervescence. Lab sample # 40A39089