IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Kasson
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1984IA105024
  • User Pedon ID: S1984IA105024
  • User Site Association ID: Kasson_Pedons
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - yes
  • Lab Source ID - SSL
  • Lab Pedon # - 85P0408
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 56124
  • 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: 42.0705556
  • Std. Longitude: -91.1694444
  • Datum: WGS84
  • Township: 84N
  • Range: 3W
  • Section: 23
  • PLSS Details: 610 feet E and 2398 feet S of NW corner
  • Location Description: J. Voss farm.
  • Map Unit: 171D2—Bassett loam, 9 to 14 percent slopes, eroded
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA105—Jones
  • MLRA: 104—Eastern Iowa and Minnesota Till Prairies

    • PEDON

  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-loamy, mixed, superactive, mesic Mollic Oxyaquic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: not classified to current taxon name
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: Converted from SSL-CMS data
  • Pedon #: 2
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Kasson
  • PSC - 25 to 75 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 6/4/2013
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - eleventh edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - oxyaquic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Bassett
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-loamy, mixed, mesic Typic Hapludalf
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • Classificaton Date - 10/1/1984
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Erosion Class - 3
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: certified
  • QC Status: level 1


    • SITE

  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: upland slope
  • Slope Shape Down: convex
  • Drainage Class: moderately well
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no

    • VEGETATION

    SITE OBSERVATION

  • Observation Date: 10/1/1984 (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
  • Site Erosion Accelerated: water erosion
    • Pedon Diagnostic Features
    Feature Kind Feature Depth L-H Feature Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    0—13

    25—86

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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

    9

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    45

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    Ap—0 to 13 centimeters (0.0 to 5.1 inches); dark brown (10YR 3/3) interior loam; weak fine subangular blocky, and moderate fine granular structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 85P01991; moist when described;. Some mixing of (10YR 4/3).
    Bw1—13 to 25 centimeters (5.1 to 9.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) interior loam; moderate fine subangular blocky structure; friable; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 85P01992; moist when described;. Considerable mixing of (10YR 4/3).
    2Bt11—25 to 38 centimeters (9.8 to 15.0 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior sandy loam; 1 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) fine distinct and 1 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine and medium angular blocky, and structureless subangular blocky structure; friable; , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 85P01993; moist when described;. Streaks of (10YR 4/3) in upper part.; few fine distinct 2.5Y62 mottles; few fine distinct 7.5YR68 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1184544; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1184544
    2Bt12—38 to 48 centimeters (15.0 to 18.9 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior loam; 1 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) fine distinct and 1 percent reddish yellow (7.5YR 6/8) fine distinct mottles; moderate fine and medium angular blocky, and moderate fine and medium subangular blocky structure; friable; , moist, clay films on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 85P01994; moist when described;. few fine distinct 2.5Y62 mottles; few fine distinct 7.5YR68 mottles; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1184545; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1184545
    2Bt3—48 to 64 centimeters (18.9 to 25.2 inches); yellowish brown (10YR 5/6) interior loam; 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine faint mottles; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; , moist, clay films on faces of peds and light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, skeletans on faces of peds; fragments; neutral, pH 6.8, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 85P01995; moist when described;. common fine faint 7.5YR58 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 1184546; continuous - phpvsfiid 1184546
    2Bt4—64 to 86 centimeters (25.2 to 33.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior loam; 1 percent light brownish gray (2.5Y 6/2) fine distinct and 11 percent strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) fine distinct mottles; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; , moist, clay films on faces of peds and light gray (10YR 7/2), moist, skeletans on faces of peds; 30 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog. Lab sample # 85P01996; moist when described;. many iron-manganese concretions concentrations; common fine distinct 7.5YR58 mottles; few fine distinct 2.5Y62 mottles; continuous - phpvsfiid 1184548; patchy - phpvsfiid 1184549; continuous - phpvsfiid 1184548; patchy - phpvsfiid 1184549
    2BC—86 to 114 centimeters (33.9 to 44.9 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/6) interior loam; moderate coarse prismatic, and moderate medium angular blocky, and moderate medium subangular blocky structure; firm; 30 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.4, hellige-truog. Not sampled.; many iron-manganese concretions concentrations
    2C1—114 to 132 centimeters (44.9 to 52.0 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior loam; massive; firm; 30 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; neutral, pH 6.6, hellige-truog. Not sampled.; many iron-manganese concretions concentrations
    2C2—132 to 152 centimeters (52.0 to 59.8 inches); strong brown (7.5YR 5/8) interior loam; massive; firm; 1 percent iron-manganese concretions; fragments; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, hellige-truog. Not sampled.; few iron-manganese concretions concentrations