IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Camden
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1976IA043003
  • User Pedon ID: S1976IA043003
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1976IA043003
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - ISU2015
  • Lab Pedon # - X22-193-1
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 75045
  • 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: 42.8576417
  • Std. Longitude: -91.3940875
  • Datum: WGS84
  • GPS - Positional Error: 10.00
  • Township: 93N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: 762 feet north and 132 feet west of the southeast corner SW1/4NE1/4
  • Location Description: high stream terrance
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA043—Clayton
  • MLRA: 105—Upper Mississippi River Bedrock Controlled Uplands and Valleys
  • Regional Office: NC—North Central
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-ONA—Onalaska, Wisconsin
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IA043—Clayton County, Iowa

    • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Unknown
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Pedon PC 6.0B
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Camden
  • PSC - 43 to 93 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/16/1973
  • Classifier - Unknown
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Camden
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 43 to 93 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/16/1973
  • Classifier - Unknown
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Pedon Vegetation and Crop Cover Information:
  • Agronomic Feature - close grown annual crop, or crop-fallow
  • Current Crop - alfalfa
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: not reviewed
  • QA Status: not reviewed


    • SITE

  • Parent Material: alluvium
  • Landform: stream terrace
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • RaCA Information:
  • Plot/Site Set Up By - Unknown
  • Plot or Site Recorder - Unknown

    • VEGETATION

  • Vegplot Text Note(s): A scan of the original data (i.e. field sheet(s), edits, manuscripts, notes, and other associated data) is available in the scans archive.

    • SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 8/16/1976 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Unknown
  • Surface Water Kind: none observed
  • Hydrology Status: unaltered
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - crop cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - hayland
  • 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

    MEDIC

    Medicago

    alfalfa

    forb

    100

    overstory
    Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    albic horizon

    —

    —

    —

    —

    —-

    —-

    —-

    —-
    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

    1

    —

    —

    —

    —

    899

    —

    155

    8

    22

    -5

    12

    22

    2

    558

    —

    00132603

    ELKADER 6 SSW, IA US

    NOAA
    Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU00691. light sil
    A—18 to 25 centimeters (7.1 to 9.8 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2) silt loam; weak fine platy structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU00692. light sil
    E—25 to 33 centimeters (9.8 to 13.0 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; weak fine platy parts to weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), moist, coats; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU00693
    EB—33 to 43 centimeters (13.0 to 16.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; brown (10YR 4/3), moist, coats and dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, clay films and light gray (10YR 7/1), dry, silt coats; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU00694. heavy sil; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1248804; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1248804
    Bt1—43 to 69 centimeters (16.9 to 27.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) silty clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, coats and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6), moist, clay films and light gray (10YR 7/1), moist, silt coats; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU00696. lt sicl; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1248807; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1248807
    2Bt2—69 to 86 centimeters (27.2 to 33.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) clay loam; moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, clay films and light gray (10YR 7/1), dry, silt coats; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; gradual smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU00698. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1248809; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1248809
    2BC—86 to 109 centimeters (33.9 to 42.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) clay loam; weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; brown (7.5YR 4/4), moist, coats and dark brown (7.5YR 3/2), moist, clay films; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU00699. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1248812; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1248812
    2C—109 to 152 centimeters (42.9 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) and brown (7.5YR 4/4) stratified stratified sand to loamy sand; single grain; loose; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified. few gravels