IDENTIFIERS

  • Current Taxon Name (Soil Name): Dubuque
  • OSD
  • Series Extent
  • User Site ID: S1985IA005001
  • User Pedon ID: S1985IA005001
  • Vegetation Plot ID: S1985IA005001
  • Lab Information:
  • Certified Lab Pedon Description - no
  • Lab Source ID - ISU2015
  • Lab Pedon # - X3-183-1
  • NCSS Pedon Lab Data NASIS Record ID - 75174
  • Print Date: 5/19/2024
  • 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: 43.3080555
  • Std. Longitude: -91.4347222
  • Datum: WGS84
  • GPS - Positional Error: 10.00
  • Township: 98N
  • Range: 5W
  • Section: 16
  • PLSS Details: 1060 feet north and 640 feet east of the center
  • Country: US—United States
  • State: Iowa
  • County: IA005—Allamakee
  • MLRA: 105—Upper Mississippi River Bedrock Controlled Uplands and Valleys
  • MLRA Soil Survey Area: NC-ONA—Onalaska, Wisconsin
  • Non-MLRA Soil Survey Area: IA005—Allamakee County, Iowa
  • 7.5 Minute USGS Quad: 43091-C4—Waukon, Iowa
  • PEDON

  • Describers Name: Robert Vobora, Jim Marzke
  • Current Taxonomic Class: Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Current Taxon Kind: series
  • Pedon Type: TUD pedon
  • Pedon Purpose: laboratory sampling site
  • Pedon Record Orgin: PedonPC 5.1
  • Correlated Information:
  • Soil Name - Dubuque
  • PSC - 30 to 71 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 5/5/2015
  • Classifier - Michael England
  • Soil Taxonomic Edition - twelfth edition
  • Moisture Class - udic
  • Moisture Subclass - typic
  • Sampled As Information:
  • Soil Name - Dubuque
  • Taxonomic Class - Fine-silty, mixed, superactive, mesic Typic Hapludalfs
  • Taxon Kind - series
  • PSC - 30 to 71 cm.
  • Classificaton Date - 8/28/1985
  • Classifier - Robert Vobora
  • Moisture SUBClass - typic
  • Dynamic Soil Properties:
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Hydric: no
  • Certification Status: not certified
  • QC Status: level 1
  • QA Status: not reviewed


  • SITE

  • Parent Material: Peoria silty loess over residuum weathered from limestone and dolomite
  • Landscape: upland
  • Landform: ridge
  • Hill Slope Profile: summit
  • Slope Complexity: simple
  • Drainage Class: well
  • Flooding: none flooding
  • Ponding: none ponding
  • Bedrock: dolomite (dolostone) at 71cm
  • Surface Fragments:
  • Benchmark Soil?: no
  • RaCA Information:
  • Plot/Site Set Up By - Bob Vobora
  • Plot or Site Recorder - Bob Vobora
  • 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: 8/28/1985 (actual site observation date)
  • Data Collector: Robert Vobora
  • Surface Cover Properties:
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 1 - tree cover
  • Site Obs. Cover Kind 2 - pastureland, tame
  • Pedoderm Loose Cover Indicator - no
  • Drained? - no
  • Bedded Soil? - no
  • Forest Plantation? - no
  • Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 1
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID Data Collector Total Clay CaCO3 Clay Total Silt Fine Silt Co. Silt Total Sand Total Sand Method VC Sand Co. Sand Med. Sand Fine Sand VF Sand VF Sand Method Texture Class - Field Lab Rubbed Fiber Unrubbed Fiber pH H2O
    cm cm % % % % % % % % % % % % %

    A

    E

    BE

    Bt1

    Bt2

    Bt3

    2Bt4

    0

    8

    18

    30

    41

    61

    69

    8

    18

    30

    41

    61

    69

    71

    ISU01510

    ISU01511

    ISU01511

    ISU01513

    ISU01514

    ISU01515

    ISU01516

    Iowa State University

    Iowa State University

    Iowa State University

    Iowa State University

    Iowa State University

    Iowa State University

    Iowa State University

    16.9

    15.7

    16.3

    22.8

    30.5

    51.1

    66

    79.2

    81.2

    80.7

    74.2

    66.3

    47.1

    33.1

    38.8

    38

    38.6

    34.3

    29.7

    28.9

    26.5

    40.4

    43.2

    42.1

    39.9

    36.6

    18.2

    6.6

    3.9

    3.1

    3

    3

    3.2

    1.8

    0.9

    sil

    sil

    sil

    sil

    sicl

    sic

    c

    6.7

    5.4

    4.6

    4.6

    4.7

    5.3

    6.7

    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 2
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID pH CaCl2 pH NaF pH Ox Delta pH LL PL PI Atter. Samp. Cond. COLE Pot. Acidity Ca + Mg - Meh 2 K Ca + Mg - Sat. Paste KCl Extract. Acidity Base Sat. - Meh 2 CEC-7 CEC-8.2
    cm cm % % % cm/cm meq/100g cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg mmol(+)/l cmol(+)/kg % cmol(+)/kg cmol(+)/kg

    A

    E

    BE

    Bt1

    Bt2

    Bt3

    2Bt4

    0

    8

    18

    30

    41

    61

    69

    8

    18

    30

    41

    61

    69

    71

    ISU01510

    ISU01511

    ISU01511

    ISU01513

    ISU01514

    ISU01515

    ISU01516

    Pedon Horizon Lab Results - 3
    Horizon Top Depth Bottom Depth Sample ID ECEC Phosphate P NO3-N EC EC Method EC 1:5 by volume CaCO3 Equiv. Equiv. Gypsum Na SAR Gypsum Req. Humic Color Fulvic Color Humic + Fulvic Color Al PI Pyro. Hue PyrO. Value Pyro. Chroma
    cm cm cmol(+)/kg mg/kg mg/kg dS/m dS/m % % mmol(+)/l % L-pcu/g L-pcu/g L-pcu/g %

    A

    E

    BE

    Bt1

    Bt2

    Bt3

    2Bt4

    0

    8

    18

    30

    41

    61

    69

    8

    18

    30

    41

    61

    69

    71

    ISU01510

    ISU01511

    ISU01511

    ISU01513

    ISU01514

    ISU01515

    ISU01516

    Vegetation Plot Plants
    Plant Symbol Scientific Name National Vernacular Name Plant Type Group Canopy Cover % Vegetation Stata Level

    CARYA

    FRAXI

    PRSE2

    Carya

    Fraxinus

    Prunus serotina

    hybrid hickory

    ash

    black cherry

    tree

    tree

    tree

    Pedon Restrictions
    Kind Hardness Restriction Depth L-H Restriction Thickness L-RV-H
    cm

    bedrock, lithic

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

    ochric epipedon

    argillic horizon

    lithologic discontinuity

    lithic contact

    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

    6

    0

    899

    155

    8

    22

    -5

    12

    22

    2

    558

    00134624

    LANSING 4 SE, IA US

    NOAA

    A—0 to 8 centimeters (0.0 to 3.1 inches); very dark gray (10YR 3/1), gray (10YR 5/1), dry; silt loam; 18 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky structure; friable; many fine roots; fragments; neutral, pH 7.2, unspecified; abrupt smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01510
    E—8 to 18 centimeters (3.1 to 7.1 inches); dark grayish brown (10YR 4/2), light brownish gray (10YR 6/2), dry; silt loam; 16 percent clay; weak medium platy, and weak fine platy structure; friable; common medium roots and few fine roots and 1.0 coarse roots; fragments; slightly acid, pH 6.2, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01511
    BE—18 to 30 centimeters (7.1 to 11.8 inches); brown (10YR 4/3) silt loam; 22 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few medium roots and few fine roots; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01512
    Bt1—30 to 41 centimeters (11.8 to 16.1 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4) silt loam; 22 percent clay; weak fine subangular blocky, and weak medium subangular blocky structure; friable; few medium roots and few fine roots; brown (10YR 4/3), moist, clay films and silt coats on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 6.0, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01513. few grayish silt coatings on faces of peds; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1307314; discontinuous - phpvsfiid 1307314
    Bt2—41 to 61 centimeters (16.1 to 24.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) silty clay loam; 32 percent clay; moderate fine angular blocky, and moderate very fine subangular blocky structure; firm; few medium roots and few fine roots; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films on all faces of peds; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; clear smooth boundary. Lab sample # ISU01514. continuous - phpvsfiid 1307316; continuous - phpvsfiid 1307316
    Bt3—61 to 69 centimeters (24.0 to 27.2 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/6) silty clay loam; 34 percent clay; weak medium prismatic, and weak fine prismatic, and moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; few medium roots and few fine roots; dark yellowish brown (10YR 4/4), moist, clay films; fragments; moderately acid, pH 5.8, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # ISU01515. continuous - phpvsfiid 1307317; continuous - phpvsfiid 1307317
    2Bt4—69 to 71 centimeters (27.2 to 28.0 inches); dark yellowish brown (10YR 3/4) silty clay loam; 36 percent clay; moderate medium subangular blocky, and moderate fine subangular blocky structure; firm; few medium roots and few fine roots; 13-?-30 millimeter limestone, unspecified fragments observed by visual inspection method; slightly alkaline, pH 7.6, unspecified; abrupt wavy boundary. Lab sample # ISU01516. common limestone fragments 1/2" to 1" diam
    2R—71 to 72 centimeters (28.0 to 28.3 inches); bedrock; fragments. limestone bedrock