IDENTIFIERS

Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Downs

OSD

Series Extent

User Site ID: S1983IA097002

User Pedon ID: S1983IA097002

User Site Association ID: MLRA 105 - Deep Loess Soils - Glaciated Uplands - FY21 Proj

Lab Information:

Certified Lab Pedon Description - no

Lab Source ID - ISU2015

Lab Pedon # - X49-162-1

NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 74660

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: 42.1975672

Std. Longitude: -90.6091217

Datum: WGS84

GPS - Positional Error: 10.00

Township: 85N

Range: 3E

Section: 4

PLSS Details: 1580 feet north and 680 feet west of the southeast corner

Country: US—United States

State: Iowa

County: IA097—Jackson

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: IA097—Jackson County, Iowa

PEDON

Describers Name: Unknown

Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Mollic 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 - Downs

PSC - 30 to 80 cm.

Classificaton Date - 3/14/2022

Classifier - Shaunna Repking

Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition

Moisture Class - udic

Moisture Subclass - typic

Sampled As Information:

Soil Name - Downs

Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Mollic Hapludalfs

Taxon Kind - series

PSC - 30 to 80 cm.

Classificaton Date - 5/26/1983

Classifier - Unknown

Moisture Class - udic

Moisture SUBClass - typic

Dynamic Soil Properties:

Erosion Class - 2

Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no

Hydric: no

Certification Status: not certified

QC Status: level 1

QA Status: not reviewed

SITE

Parent Material: loess

Landscape: upland

Geomorphic Component Hills: side slope

Slope Complexity: simple

Drainage Class: well

Surface Fragments:

Benchmark Soil?: no

RaCA Information:

Plot/Site Set Up By - Unknown

Plot or Site Recorder - Unknown

VEGETATION

SITE OBSERVATION

Observation Date: 5/26/1983 (actual site observation date)

Data Collector: Unknown

Air Photo ID: 66

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

Pedon Diagnostic Features
Feature Kind	Feature Depth L-H	Feature Thickness L-RV-H
	cm
ochric epipedon argillic horizon redox depletions with chroma 2 or less	— — —	—- —- —-

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
7	—	—	—	—	225	899	—	155	8	22	-5	12	22	2	558	—	00130608	BELLEVUE L AND D 12, IA US	NOAA

Ap—0 to 18 centimeters (0.0 to 7.1 inches); very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2) and brown (10YR 4/3), grayish brown (10YR 5/2), dry; silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak fine granular, and weak very fine granular structure; friable; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01113. streaks and pockets of 10YR4/3

BE—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) silt loam; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, and very dark grayish brown (10YR 3/2), moist, organic stains; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01114

Bt1—30 to 43 centimeters (11.8 to 16.9 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; dark brown (10YR 3/3), moist, clay films; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01115. discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1259889; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1259889

Bt2—43 to 61 centimeters (16.9 to 24.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.6, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01116. continuous - phpvsfiid 1259890; continuous - phpvsfiid 1259890

Bt3—61 to 84 centimeters (24.0 to 33.1 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine faint and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine subangular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; friable; brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films; fine black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese masses; fragments; strongly acid, pH 5.4, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01117. f1f10yr6/2 and f1d7.5yr5/6 mottles below 30"; few fine 10YR2/1concretions; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1259891; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1259891

Bt4—84 to 119 centimeters (33.1 to 46.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silty clay loam; light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine faint and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak fine prismatic, and moderate medium prismatic, and weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films; fine black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese masses; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01118. clay films along cleavage planes; few fine 10yr2/1 concretions

BC—119 to 152 centimeters (46.9 to 59.8 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/4) silt loam; light brownish gray (10YR 6/2) fine faint and strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) fine distinct mottles; weak medium prismatic structure; friable; fine black (10YR 2/1), moist, manganese masses; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified. Lab sample # ISU01119. few fine 10yr2/1 concretions